Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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

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 do have a lot of fire in me and could use some lessons on how to handle things more calmly.

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.

Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

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

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.

He who angers you conquers you.

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

Keep cool; anger is not an argument.

Neither anger nor fury shall find lodging in their minds, and all their words and actions should be marked with calm deliberation.

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.

Keep your cool, even when those around you can't.

You don't have to be angry and become an ugly person.

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.

I am quite a calm player. I do have a go at players and refs in the heat of the moment, but I never throw my toys out of the pram.

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.'

Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.

Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision. Strong wind, earthquake-shock, and fire may pass by: but I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience.