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"Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed any one, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices." -Clarence Darrow

Tri Robinson tells of his own recognition of this in his own marriage. When I got home from [a] mountaintop weekend [that had changed my life, drawing me closer to Christ], I was excited to share with Nancy what had happened. This was the very thing that for many years she had desperately wanted and…

I find this great need for control in my own life constantly. Recently we went on our staff retreat. We always handle some items of business on the way to wherever we’re staying. This year we took a personality test. Yep, that’s right! I suppose we were trying to see if any us actually had a personality.…

One guy named George was having marital problems and on one night, hee passed a breaking point and emotionally exploded. He pounded the table and floor. "I hate you!" he screamed at his wife. "I won't take it anymore! I've had enough! I won't go on! I won't let it happen! No! No! No!" Several months…

One man, whose stepfather had abused his family growing up, carried around a boatload of anger. On the battlefield in Viet Nam, he became almost obsessed with vengeance and he vowed that the first time he saw his stepfather upon his return to the states that he would kill him. He would make him pay for…

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.—Benjamin Franklin Many years ago, a senior executive of the Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was running the firm. On the day the news leaked out, most of the executives…

One airline passenger became so irate that he could not claim his $15,000 winning scratch card while on board a flight that he took rather odd action — he ate his ticket. Cabin crew on a Thursday flight from Krakow, Poland, to the U.K.'s East Midlands airport congratulated the winner and advised him…

Road rage is a relatively new term that seeks to define the uncontrollable anger which occurs on the roadways of America. The destructive nature of such behavior was recently demonstrated on the Golden State Freeway in Sylmar, California. Delfina Morales, 42, and her 26-year-old daughter were irritated…

A railcar carrying 12,000 gallons of napalm headed back to California after political protests prompted an Indiana company to back out of a Navy deal to recycle the jellied gasoline. The Navy decided yesterday to send the shipment to China Lake Naval Weapons Testing Center, about 120 miles northwest…

"It is a surprising thing, but psychological studies show that venting anger does not diminish angry feelings. It actually increases them, by stimulating that emergency emotion all over again:" Barbara Brown Taylor. God in Pain. Nashville; Abingdon Press; 1998, p: 35]

For example, Lincoln made it a practice never to display his anger in public. Instead he would express himself in a lengthy letter to the offending party. He would then hang on to the letter and read it periodically until the anger subsided, finally disposing of it, having never mailed it. It was in…

'Wave rage' in Hawaii with surfer vs. surfer WAILUKU, Hawaii – A judge ordered a windsurfer to stay at least 100 feet away from Kahana Beach Park after he allegedly slammed into a kitesurfer in an act of "wave rage." "Find another place to windsurf for the time being," Circuit Judge Reinette Cooper told…

Author John Killinger tells about the manager of a minor league baseball team who got so frustrated with his center fielder’s performance that he jerked him out of the game and played the position himself. The first hard-hit ball that came to the manager took a bad hop and smashed into his mouth. His…

The gunman in a deadly shooting spree at a Pittsburgh-area gym says in Internet videos he posted that he routinely hid his feelings, struggled to "emotionally connect" with people and read books on how to date young women. The two undated videos, apparently recorded by 48-year-old George Sodini, surfaced…

In the chapter on When Sin Won't Let Go Mark Galli illustrates that even the greatest of leaders have besetting sins. He does this by illustrating the anger of the great reformer, Martin Luther. He had been preaching in his church for years, but the longer he preached, the more discouraged he grew. People…

Quote: "Calm your FEARS by squeezing God's Biceps" Source: Max Lucado, phone interview, September 2, 2009

After spending three and a half hours enduring the long lines, surly clerks and insane regulations at the Department of Motor Vehicles, a man stopped at a toy store to pick up a gift for his son. He brought his selection — a baseball bat — to the cash register. "Cash or charge?" the clerk asked. "Cash,"…

French commuters got caught in the middle of a local political standoff Tuesday after feuding towns changed the direction of road markings — leaving two one-way streets facing each other, AFP reported. The Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret and its conservative council are reportedly embroiled in a heated…

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. Braude’s Handbook of Stories, Jacob Braude, page 32

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.---- Bits & Pieces, Vol. C, #2

My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper. Reader’s Digest, February, 1980 page 80

There is a godly anger that we should experience when we see wickedness prosper and defenseless people hurt (Eph. 4:26), but there’s a very fine line between righteous indignation and a “religious temper tantrum. Be Available, Warren W. Wiersbe, page 116

Let’s start with a little pop quiz to test your IQ (irritation quotient): When driving, how often do you use your horn? 1. Rarely if ever. 2. As needed; at least once a day. 3. It is the most used part of my car. At a restaurant, how often do you complain about food? 1. Never. 2. Only if it’s cold, or…

Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not easy. Reader’s Digest, November 1978, page 185

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. Braude’s Handbook of Stories, Jacob Braude, page 32