Jules Renard Quotes

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

I don't really yell at people.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

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

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

I'd been in my share of fights but never thrown the first punch, and I'm not quick to anger.

I don't yell back at my mother. When I'm angry or scared or upset, I don't yell. I stay quiet. I've seen how she is, how she would get with Kent and with me and with other people, life if someone at the pharmacy got in the wrong line or asked too long a question, or if someone on the bus accidentally bumped her. I've watched her my whole life, the way people react to her. It doesn't actually help you get what you want, yelling and being like that. It only makes people think bad of you.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

I never raise my voice!

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

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

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

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.'

Do I ever really lose my temper? Goodness me, no. Not at home or at work. There's no point in getting in a tizz over anything. Life's too short.

Venting your anger on anyone - especially complete strangers - is not a winning tactic. Be especially sweet to bartenders and people serving you food.

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

I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance.

I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.

Every wave of passion restrained is a balance in your favor. It is therefore good policy not to return anger for anger, as with all true morality.

Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not gain anything but only sets out upon the path of stupidity. He who has enough self-control to stand firm at the moment when the other person is in a temper, wins in the end. It is not he who has spoken a hundred words aloud who has won; it is he who has perhaps spoken only one word.

Patience puts up with those you'd like to put down