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Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right read more
Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been read more
Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; norcan the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.