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Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
 He has hay on his horns.
 [Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]  
 He has hay on his horns.
 [Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.] 
 Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it 
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; read more 
 Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it 
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent 
knees. 
 Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will 
control you.
 [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: read more 
 Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will 
control you.
 [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret 
imperat.] 
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.
 When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, one 
hundred.  
 When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, one 
hundred. 
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that 
ruleth his spirit than he read more 
 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that 
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.