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.
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Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
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.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Expressing anger is a form of public littering. -Willard Gaylin.
Expressing anger is a form of public littering. -Willard Gaylin.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be read more
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
