Plutarch Quotes

Fear mustn't take control of us.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

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.

That's just never been me - 'Oh, this is hurt; that's why I'm playing like this.' That's just not the type of person I am.

As I got older and started moving up the ranking, the matches got more important, and my emotions ratcheted up. I guess I hid my real feelings behind the anger.

I've always been good at handling stuff mentally.

A lot of guys sometimes, you know, you might see them get angry at a line call, and suddenly they start playing better tennis.

Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, 'Stop that.' Don't show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you.

I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being.

The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.

If I didn't have that deep grounding, it would be very easy for me to just be someone who is consumed with anger and hatred. And that would be Trump's great victory: to turn us into replicas of him, just on the other side of a wall screen. I refuse to let me or my family or my movement or my friends be turned into the opposite of Trump. I want to be the antidote for Trump.

Uncontrolled temper is soon dissipated on others. Resentment, bitterness, and self-pity build up inside our hearts and eat away at our spiritual lives like a slowly spreading cancer.

Just remember, anger is always your enemy. You must keep your emotions in check. The moment you lose control of them, you lose the fight every time. (Takeshi)

If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)