Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. read more

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -Helen Douglas.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, read more

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, and, mostof all, fear.

Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.

Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.

Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in read more

Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in realms above;
And life is thorny, and youth is vain;
And to be wrothe with one we love
Doth work like madness in the brain.

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 is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.

Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.

Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.

Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.