Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

Get into the habit of always speaking calmly to everyone. This will prevent you from anger, a serious character flaw…

To be angry is to yield to the influence of Satan. No one can make us angry. It is our choice. If we desire to have a proper spirit with us at all times, we must choose to refrain from becoming angry. I testify that such is possible.

God sometimes allows us to feel anger so we'll recognize when we're being mistreated. But even when we experience true injustices in our lives, we must not vent our anger in an improper way.

A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life.

The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

I have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.

Beware of anger. It is the most difficult to remove of all the hindrances. But it is the alcohol of the body, you know, and the devil of it is that it deadens the perceptions.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it.

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.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions.