“Fret not thyself because of evildoers.”
The Bible (Psalm 37:1)

200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ANGER
Read 200 of the best anger quotes on controlling your temper, staying calm and letting go, from Seneca, Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare and more.
“Fret not thyself because of evildoers.”
The Bible (Psalm 37:1)
“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”
The Bible (Romans 12:18)
“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life.”
The Bible (Proverbs 15:4)
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts?”
The Bible (James 4:1)
“No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.”
William Shakespeare
“How poor are they that have not patience!”
William Shakespeare
“Be patient till the last.”
William Shakespeare
“Talkers are no good doers.”
William Shakespeare
“O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”
William Shakespeare
“Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.”
William Shakespeare
“Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.”
John Milton
“Love your neighbour; yet don't pull down your hedge.”
Benjamin Franklin
“The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.”
Benjamin Franklin
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Revenge is a kind of wild justice.”
Francis Bacon
“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
Francis Bacon
“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
Francis Bacon
“First keep peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
Thomas à Kempis
“Endeavour to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, for thyself also hast many failings which must be borne with by others.”
Thomas à Kempis
“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”
Aesop
“We ought not to retaliate or render evil for evil to any one, whatever evil we may have suffered from him.”
Plato
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
Plutarch
“In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.”
Pythagoras
“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
Abraham Lincoln