“Running a multi-million dollar business can be frustrating at times, especially when someone does something I am not happy with. It might not even be their fault, but it is human nature to reach in an angry or heated way. However, I have learned an important and effective lesson. Rather than complain to my member of staff about their actions, I search my memory bank for things I find wonderful about them. This changes the energy around the issue instantly. People tend to live up to what you expect of them.” PeopleWayHumansDoeImportantMightRunningActionEnergyMemoriesMillionsIssuesWonderfulHuman NatureLessonsMembersAngryDollarsFaultsComplainingI Have LearnedStaffFrustratingMillion DollarsNot Happy Author:Vishen Lakhiani
“When I was taking art history I was always angry that we would skip certain chapters because "it wasn't important." Like, "Let's skip over the Japanese. Let's just get to Giotto, because that's where everything begins." It's like, no. Everything is relevant to me.” ArtImportantCertainAngryRelevantChaptersSkipArt HistoryGiotto Author:Ali Banisadr
“There are such people, unfortunates who have to be angry before they can feel alive. I had sometimes wondered if it were some old relic of pagan superstition, the fear of risking the jealousy and anger of the gods, that made such people afraid of even small happinesses. Or perhaps it was only that tragedy is more self-important than laughter.” PeopleIfsFeelsMadeImportantSelfSometimesFearAliveLaughterTragedyAngerAngrySuperstitionsPaganRelics Author:Mary Stewart
“What makes me angry is the idea that people would be going to a movie because of what I said about it. It makes me feel, I don't know, arrogant, self-important, self-aggrandizing, whatever. Like I'm being used.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSaidImportantIdeasSelfWould BeUsedAngryArrogantMake Me Angry Author:Todd Solondz
“I think you have to be much more secure and much less angry to trust the simple. You've got to be in a pretty good place to trust those simple, obvious answers and, most important, to use them.” ThinkingImportantUseSimpleAnswersAngryObviousSecureGood Place Author:Spencer Johnson
“You can't write your life story and leave out one of the most important things that happened to you in your life. I think that that would be dishonest, and it would be something people would be very angry about.” PeopleThinkingWritingImportantStoriesWould BeHappenedAngryImportant ThingsLife Story Author:Kris Jenner
“Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to you Stay blind to the metrics that don't matter Fail often Ship Lead, don't manage so much Seek out uncomfortable situations Make an impact on the people who matter to you Be better at your baseline skills than anyone else Copyedit less, invent more Give more speeches Ignore unsolicited advice” PeopleGivingArtImportantMatterResultsSituationFailingAdviceSkillsSpeechBlindAngryImpactShipsManageUncomfortableMetricsUncomfortable SituationsUnsolicited Advice Author:Seth Godin
“In my writing I'm trying to explore the violations people commit upon each other. And the important thing isn't whether I'm angry. The more important thing is, is it true? Do these things really happen?” PeopleWritingTryingImportantHappensAngryImportant ThingsCommitViolation Author:Jamaica Kincaid
“I was less angry at [Carl] Armstrong, though I was angry at the people who came to his trial: Dan Ellsberg, who ordinarily I respected a lot; Philip Berrigan; the guy who teaches at Princeton still - I can't remember his name. And they were saying - well, they were saying, really, what Arthur Koestler had people saying on "Darkness at Noon." The means were unfortunate and, sadly, someone died, but the end is what is important and this was a great symbolic - something or other - sign against the war in Vietnam.” PeopleWellsMeanStillsI CanImportantWarEndsRememberGuyNamesTeachDarknessDiedAngryTrialsVietnamUnfortunateSymbolicNoonArthurPhilipArmstrongPrincetonDarkness At Noon Author:Nat Hentoff
“If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One, they were angry at the state of affairs and, two, they were people of faith.” PeopleIfsMenMadeTwoImportantStatesCommonMen And WomenAngryAffairFeaturesGreat MenChanges In History Author:Leymah Gbowee
“The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. There's no guarantee of tomorrow. And part of my whole philosophy is: this day is too important to live it angry, upset, discouraged or stressed out if plans don't work out. This is life, and I'm going to move on.” IfsImportantPhilosophyWholeMovingPlansTomorrowAngryWork OutUpsetGuaranteesThis DayDiscouragedStressedStressed Out Author:Joel Osteen
“It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.” ImportantEnergyRealizingEmotionalLosingAngryTiredMessUpsetDrainsI'm TiredEmotional EnergyTired Of LifeTired Of Working Author:Joyce Meyer
“I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days.” ThinkingImportantSometimesCoursesSupportStageAngryGood ThingsSlipsStages Of Life Author:Anne Roiphe
“This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.” PeopleImportantLosesModernPeriodsEssenceAngryMadPaceLeisureFrustratedStoppingDoing NothingHatefulModern SocietyLeisure Time Author:Charles Bukowski
“Like O'Rielly, we'll grab the most important word of each sentence... 'The' for example. Also, I'll say, 'I'm angry,' and the graphic will read, 'Colbert angry.” ImportantExampleAngrySentencesGraphicImportant Words Author:Stephen Colbert
“Don't ever take for granted when people look in your eyes; you have no idea how important it is to be acknowledged. Even if it's an angry stare, because it's when they ignore you, when they look right through you, that you should start worrying.” PeopleIfsShouldLooksImportantIdeasEyeWorryAngryGrantedNo IdeaStaring Author:Cecelia Ahern
“When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties.” IfsWayImportantChristianFearIssuesDyingHolyLessonsDifficultyAngrySacredThreatPreparedBitterSatanTerrifiedVocationImportant Lessons Author:R. C. Sproul
“No person is important enough to make me angry.” InspirationalPersonsImportantEnoughAngryMake Me Angry Author:Thomas Carlyle
“This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.” PeopleImportantDoneStoriesJobsLeadershipFourAngryImportant Jobs Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across my face, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry. “I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?” LooksImportantEyeCareFacesDiesBehindsWallFineAngryHis EyesShakesLook At MeWho CaresShiftingCeilingsStunnedInsurgentTobias Author:Veronica Roth
“What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what's important. I mean, I don't sweat the small stuff. I used to get angry at cab drivers. It's not worth it.... And when somebody says you have cancer, you realize it's all small stuff.” MeanDoeImportantUsedForceStuffRealizingFocusAngryCancerDriversSweatWorth ItWhat's ImportantCabPrioritizeNot Worth ItSmall StuffCancer CourageCancer And HopeCab DriversCancer HopeSweat The Small Stuff Author:Joel Siegel
“I have three sons, a husband, parents, and I'll fight and get angry, but what is very important that I have found as I've matured, is that I have to move on.” ImportantMovingFightingThreeFoundParentSonHusbandAngryMaturedThree Sons Author:Jami Gertz
“People use me as a figurehead, and to me that misses the point and is blatantly offensive to thin women - my sister, for one. Curves don't epitomise a woman. Saying, 'Skinny is ugly' should be no more acceptable than saying fat is. I find all this stuff a very controlling and effective way of making women obsess over their weight, instead of exploiting their more important attributes, such as intellect, strength and power. We could be getting angry about unequal pay and unequal opportunities, but we're too busy being told we're not thin enough or curvy enough. We're holding ourselves back.” PeopleWayShouldImportantEnoughUseOpportunityStuffPayMissingWeightAngryBusyUglyIntellectFatsAttributesMy SisterAcceptableOffensiveCurvesSkinnyToo BusyUsing MeEqual OpportunityCurvy Author:Robyn Lawley
“A good rant is cathartic. Ranting is what keeps me sane. They always come from a different place. Take the prime minister, for example. Sometimes when I rant about him, I am angry; other times, I am just severely annoyed-it's an important distinction.” ImportantDifferentSometimesExampleAngryMinistersDistinctionPrimeSanePrime MinisterAnnoyedDifferent PlaceRantCathartic Author:Rick Mercer
“In that inevitable, excruciatingly human moment, we are offered a powerful choice. This choice is perhaps one of the most vitally important choices we will ever make, and it determines the course of our lives from that moment forward. The choice is this: Will we interpret this loss as so unjust, unfair, and devastating that we feel punished, angry, forever and fatally wounded-- or, as our heart, torn apart, bleeds its anguish of sheer, wordless grief, will we somehow feel this loss as an opportunity to become more tender, more open, more passionately alive, more grateful for what remains?” FeelsHumansHeartImportantMomentsDeathChoicesCoursesOpportunityLossPowerfulGriefForeverOur LivesAliveBecomingRemainsAngryGratefulDetermineInevitableThat MomentTendernessMentorSheerUnfairWoundedUnjustTornAnguishInterpretingTorn ApartDefining MomentsWorst MomentsYour LossHis LossDealing With DeathBleeding HeartImportant ChoicesPivotal Moments Author:Wayne Muller
“I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.” ThinkingKindPersonsImportantRememberAngryStriveEverydayGenerousWhat's ImportantLoving Person Author:Diane Frolov
“I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day.” ThinkingLongDoeImportantGirlStrongAngryBuddyGood DayStrong Girl Author:Jonathan Brandis