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Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
 Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, 
hoist the black flag, and begin read more 
 Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, 
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. 
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on read more
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
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.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.