Joyce Meyer Quotes

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

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'm someone who thinks that where there's a void, I need to fill it, but I'm trying to have patience and a little bit of discipline.

Huamns, uregulated, are cruel and capricious; violet and selfish; miserable and quarrelsome. It is only after their instincts and basic emotions have been controlled that they can be happy, generous, and good.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

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

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

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

My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

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

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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

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

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

A certain amount of impatience may be useful to stimulate and motivate us to action. However, I believe that a lack of patience is a major cause of the difficulties and unhappiness in the world today.

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can force me to do anything I don't want to.

I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.

I have a temper, and it can flare from time to time, but as I've gotten older and more experienced, I think I use it in a controlled way. Oftentimes, I'm acting.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.