Mercedes Lackey Quotes

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them, there's no use getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them, what's the use in getting upset?

Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, and let it go, but I wasn't one of them.

It is within your hands to be frustrated in life or not. Just your expectations should become smaller, smaller, smaller, and in the same proportion the frustration will become smaller. A day will come when there will be no expectation; then you will never come across any frustration.

It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.

When a man gives way to anger, he only harms himself.

What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else.

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.

Anger is one of the most common and destructive delusions, and it afflicts our mind almost every day. To solve the problem of anger, we first need to recognize the anger within our mind, acknowledge how it harms both ourself and others, and appreciate the benefits of being patient in the face of difficulties.

Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

If I feel like someone's trying to bring me down, I just walk away from it.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.

I can't stay mad very long. I get grumpy when I read a bad review. I say, 'How could he say that about my music?' Then I forget about it. If I got mad every time somebody wrote something negative about me, I'd be exploding all the time. I'd be burned out just from reading reviews.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it.