Patricia Briggs Quotes

Anger makes people stupid.

I still have a temper, I suppose.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.

Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.'

I'm going to fight the force of emotions by that of intellect

We require our fighters to be ready hurricanes, on-call combat machines. We want them held easily in check, and we expect light-switch control over their aggression…. We vaguely hope their anger does not spill over, or come home.

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

I don't have a temper. There's no fist through the walls.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

Everybody has a temper, but mine was set on a hair trigger.

Fighting angry and fighting mad isn't good.

Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

I kept a straight face while my inner Neanderthal spluttered and then went on a mental rampage through a hypothetical produce section, knocking over shelves and spattering fruit everywhere in sheer frustration, screaming, 'JUST TELL ME WHOSE SKULL TO CRACK WITH MY CLUB, DAMMIT!

We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.

Angry people are not always wise.

An angry man is always a stupid man.

If one uses one's intellect to become master over the unlimited emotions, it may produce a sorry and diversionary effect upon the intellect.

Don't let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.

Anger, as long as it is controlled anger, is no obstacle to efficiency. Self-control is one thing the sociopath does not usually possess. Use yours to his undoing.