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When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as read more
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.
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.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. -Unknown.
Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. -Unknown.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
He who angers you conquers you.
He who angers you conquers you.
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. Cato -Marcus Antonius.
