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(3/21/98)
"I speak to fathers and mothers everywhere with a plea to
put harshness behind us, to bridle our anger, to lower our voices, and to deal
with mercy and love and respect one toward another in our homes." —
Gordon B. Hinckley, "Blessed
Are The Merciful," General Conference, April
1990
(3/22/98)
"He is a weak man who will curse or condemn some loved one
because of a little accident. What good does it do him? He would be a man if he
would develop his spirit and control that anger, control his tongue. A little
thing? Trace it, and you will find that not yielding and not controlling it
bring many an unhappy hour in your home." — David O. McKay, "Gospel Ideals,"
p.490
(3/23/98)
"If your neighbour suffers his cattle or his children to
trespass upon your property, never retaliate or speak an angry reply, for this
will engender a spirit of anger in him. Consider well before you suffer your
minds to be irritated in the least. Suffer them not to be agitated until your
blood is boiling with rage before you are aware; but stop and reflect, coolly
consider, and quietly reason with the person or persons who have trespassed upon
you, and show them the nature of their transgression against you. If they
continue in the same course of conduct, reason the stronger with them, without
quarrelling. Thus bring your passions down into subjection to your will, and
cultivate an even unruffled temper, until you can perfectly control yourselves
at all times, in all places, and under all circumstances. Then our affections
and feelings would become congenial to those of the Angels of God, and we should
continue to increase in that Holy Spirit which would prepare us for the society
of holy beings. This is our school, and a profitable one it is to the Elders of
Israel." — Brigham Young, "Journal of Discourses," Vol.6,
p.316
(3/24/98)
"Uncontrolled anger distorts reason and cancels out wisdom.
All of us are susceptible to rising anger, but before we act we can put
ourselves under control." — Wm. Grant Bangerter, "It's a Two-Way Street", "BYU
Speeches of the Year 1984-85," August 4,
1985
(3/25/98)
"Some say, 'I feel as though I must boil over, and I must
talk to relieve myself.' All hell is boiling over; but does that make it any
better? No. If you let your tongue run, and it scatters the poison that is in
you, it sets the whole being on fire. The Apostle James says, 'And the tongue is
a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members that it defileth
the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire
of hell.' And again, 'But the tongue can no man tame: it is an unruly evil, full
of deadly poison.' Are you aware of this, sisters and brethren? If you keep
silent, you can master your feelings, can subdue your passions, and ultimately
become masters of them and banish them from you. If you give way to your
unbridled tongues, you increase anger within you, and the first you know your
blood is boiling with wrath. That is what the Apostle meant when he wrote, 'It
setteth on fire the whole course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.' It
is hell that sets it going. If you find that you cannot keep your tongue still,
get some India-rubber and chew it with all your might." — Brigham Young,
"Journal of Discourses," Vol.6, p.74 - 75
(10/22/00)
"Discipline yourselves. Master your temper. Most of the things that make
you angry are of very small consequence. And what a terrible price you are
paying for your anger. Ask the Lord to forgive you." — Gordon B. Hinckley, " Women Of The
Church
," General Conference, October
1996
(10/23/00)
"A warm handshake and a friendly smile can be wonderfully
healing medicine. Conversely, how unwise we are when we declare, 'I'll never
speak to him again.' Never is a long time, and even those who have caused
heartache or shame are not beyond ultimate repentance. Sometimes hurts to the
heart are more damaging than physical blows. Yes, they may take longer to heal,
but they will heal more quickly if we avoid bitterness and anger and practice
forgiveness." — Marvin J. Ashton,
"While
They Are Waiting," General Conference, April
1988
(10/24/00)
"It is not the macho thing. It is an indication of weakness. Anger is not
an expression of strength. It is an indication of one's inability to control his
thoughts, words, his emotions. Of course it is easy to get angry. When the
weakness of anger takes over, the strength of reason leaves. Cultivate within
yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline." — Gordon B. Hinckley, " Our Solemn
Responsibilities
," General Conference,
October 1991
(1/2/05)
"Frustrations often offer us the means of progression, for
by overcoming them harmoniously, we grow and become more Christlike. As with
most all strong emotions, anger is manifest both in righteousness and in
unrighteousness. Righteous anger is an attribute of Deity, whose anger is
everlastingly kindled against wickedness. Likewise, an inspired man might be led
to speak or act in righteous anger, as did Moses when he broke the tablets upon
which the Ten Commandments were written by the Lord. But to lose our temper, to
explode, to become ugly, punitive, and hateful when faced with frustrations is
inexcusable! Why is it inexcusable to explode with anger and become vindictive?
Simply because the power has been given us to control and to overcome such
tendencies. If not curbed, such tendencies soon lose for us the respect and love
of others." - ElRay L. Christiansen, "
Be Slow to Anger
," Ensign, June 1971, p. 38
(6/20/05)
"How difficult it is for any of us to forgive
those who have injured us. We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That
brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more in
need of application in our time than the virtue of forgiving and forgetting?
There are those who would look upon this as a sign of weakness. Is it? I submit
that it takes neither strength nor intelligence to brood in anger over wrongs
suffered, to go through life with a spirit of vindictiveness, to dissipate one’s
abilities in planning retribution. There is no peace in the nursing of a grudge.
There is no happiness in living for the day when you can 'get even.'
"Paul
speaks of 'the weak and beggarly elements' of our lives (see
Gal. 4:9 ). Is there
anything more weak or beggarly than the disposition to wear out one's life in an
unending round of bitter thoughts and scheming gestures toward those who may
have affronted us?" - Gordon B. Hinckley, "
Of You It Is Required to
Forgive
," Ensign, Nov. 1980, 62
(11/1/05)
"No Latter-day Saint has any right or title to the
fellowship of the Spirit of God if he entertains an acrimonious spirit against
any living man or woman." - Matthias F. Cowley, "Conference Report," April 1901,
Afternoon Session, p.18
10/29/07
"Anger is
the mother of a whole brood of evil actions." - Gordon B. Hinckley, "Slow to Anger," General Conference, 6
October 2007
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