#anger

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#anger

I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like snakes and toads looking for a chance to sneak out before I could stop them. ↗

— Gloria Whelan

#control #emotions #spite #anger

The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. ↗

— Jack Weatherford

#control #ghengis-khan #historical-person #leadership #mongols

There were only ever two kinds of people in the world for Valentine," she said "Those who were fir the Circle and those who were against it. The latter were his enemies, and the former were his weapons in his arsenal. I saw him try to turn each of his friends, even his own wife, into a weapon for the Cause—and you want me to believe he wouldn't have done the same with his own son?" She shook her head. "I knew him better than that." For the first time, Maryse looked at him with more sadness than anger. "You are an arrow shot directly into the heart of the Clave, Jace. You are Valentine's arrow. Whether you know it or not. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#anger

Something about her is so tempting to look at. Her anger has a childish aura as if she isn’t made of real evil; just a bratty princess playing with her toy fangs. ↗

— Cameron Jace

#princess #snow-white #anger

All Praise is due to God,Lord of the worlds, the Beneficient, the Merciful, Owner of the Day of Judgement Thee alone we worship and Thee alone we ask for help Show us the straight path, the path of those whom Thou hast favoured, not (the path of) those who earn Thine anger nor (of) those who go astray. (Amen)The Holy Qur'an (The Opening Chapter, Al-Fatihah, Surah 1) http://www.islamdoor.com ↗

— Al-Fatihah Surah

#anger

If I ever win you," he said, anger bright in his pale eyes, "it will be because you want me more. Not because he's gone. I'm nobody's second best. ↗

— Ann Aguirre

#enclave #outpost #razorland #stalker #anger

When you do something because you're angry, you almost always do the wrong thing. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#anger

Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control. ↗

— Steve Backley

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There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral. ↗

— Ida Tarbell

#dangerous #does #even #fixing #idea