Quotes about Emotional Control
The best answer to anger is silence.
— Marcus Aurelius
We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments, but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.
— John Maxwell
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Did someone harm you in 1962.. let go of it! Control and ride the horses of anger.
— John Hagee
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
— Exodus 32:22
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
— Proverbs 25:28
Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.
— Joyce Meyer
Anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.
— Winston Churchill
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
— Psalm 4:4
When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. You are slow to anger. You choose to have a long fuse instead of a quick temper. Rather than being restless and demanding, love helps you settle down and begin extending mercy to those around you. Patience brings an internal calm during an external storm.
— Stephen Kendrick
No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.
— St. John Chrysostom
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
— Ephesians 4:26