Outrage comes when our trust or positive expectations are shaken by events that we perceive as unfair. Through these experiences we can discover who is truly honest and who acts worthy to achieve their goals.
To better understand this feeling, below we will review the best phrases about indignation commented.
This is a collection of quotes and reflections of indignation that help understand this feeling.
1. When their sadness turns into indignation, they are able to make things change. (Malcolm X)
When we get tired of injustices, it is time to act.
2. Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. (Buddha)
In certain circumstances it is inevitable to feel discomfort, but that does not mean that we should let ourselves be carried away by it.
3. Anger is an acid that can do more damage to the container it is stored in than anything it is poured into. (Mark Twain)
Sometimes, the first victim of indignation and anger is the person experiencing these feelings.
4. The sharpest sword is a word spoken in anger. (Gautama Buddha)
When we speak angry, we can come to regret our words.
5. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. (Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s not worth staying angry all the time.
6. If you are capable of trembling with indignation every time an injustice is committed in the world, we are companions, which is more important. (Che Guevara)
Don’t stay silent in the face of injustice.
7. Without anger, nothing changes. (Pablo Hasél)
Anger can be an excellent driver for change.
8. Let us not allow our rage to turn into anger and this into violence. (Mario Alonso Puig)
It is better to use violence as creative potential.
9. Never laugh at a child’s tears. All pains are equal. (Charles Van Lerberghe)
You have to respect each person’s pain.
10. Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you are. (Cherie Carter-Scott)
It is better to resolve things positively than to aggravate problems.
11. Moral indignation is nothing more than envy with a halo. (George Herbert)
A hypocritical indignation.
12. Anger is never without reason, but it is rarely good. (Benjamin Franklin)
Especially when we let ourselves be driven by it.
13. To be angry is to avenge the mistake of others on ourselves. (Alexander Pope)
Everyone must assume their responsibilities.
14. Moral indignation is a technique used to provide the idiot with dignity. (Herbert Marshall McLuhan)
Morality is not always correct.
15. The consequences of anger can be much more dire than the reason that caused it.
That is why you should never act under the influence of anger.
16. Angry people are not always wise. (Jane Austen)
It is calm that resolves conflicts.
17. Hope fills the spaces of helplessness in my heart. (Emanuel Cleaver)
If you can’t solve a problem now, look for another way out that might work.
18. A man is only as big as the things that make him angry. (Winston Churchill)
Patience is the greatest of virtues.
19. Anger is a great force. If you can control it, it can be transformed into a power that can move the entire world. (Anonymous)
The positive impact of anger when we do not allow ourselves to be carried away by it.
20. The indignant person behaves as if he were a victim, without being one. (Bert Hellinger)
Some people use it as a method of escape.
21. Moral indignation is, in most cases, two percent moral, forty-eight percent indignation, and fifty percent envy. (Vittorio de Sica)
The danger of closed and strict morality.
22. Helplessness, although sometimes painful, is an essential and positive part of success. (Bo Bennett)
Helplessness leads us to know our limits and challenge them.
23. With a hug, in a few minutes you will eliminate all the pain and anger. (John Gray)
It is when we are going through our worst moment that we need human warmth.
24. Frustration is the first step towards rage and helplessness. (Anonymous)
Take a moment to analyze what frustrates you and how you can overcome it.
25. Anger, if not restrained, is often more painful to us than the injury that causes it. (Seneca)
We must be very careful with our anger.
26. Life is a tornado, peace, fury and peace again. (Palm Trees in the Snow)
Life is full of happy and difficult moments.
27. Indignation is, first of all, of a moral nature. (Bert Hellinger)
It arises when our moralistic questions are tested.
28. Time does not put great pain to sleep, but it does numb them. (George Sand)
Time helps us better understand the experiences we have had.
29. Don’t hold on to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you away from love. (Leo Buscaglia)
It’s better to find a way to overcome them than to let them drown you.
30. So that the indignation remains justified, the indignant person dramatizes both the injustices suffered and the consequences of guilt. (Bert Hellinger)
When people love to put themselves in the role of victim.
31. Their righteous indignation I fear; that she is a woman, and anger burns in them, and with the power of the right limit they come out. (Tirso de Molina)
Women and their impediments imposed by society.
32. A man should forget his anger before going to sleep. (Mohandas Gandhi)
Anger is more harmful to health than we may think.
33. Like a bull whose eyes are burning, this is how I feel, and I am not exaggerating when I say that only God could calm this kind of anger.
An expression about what outrage feels like.
34. We speak with indignation or enthusiasm. (Joseph Conrad)
Two forms of expression.
35. The crying of the abandoned child is anger, not fear. (Robert Anton Wilson)
All people who suffer some type of abandonment develop incredible rage against those who abandoned them.
36. All the failures, frustrations and helplessness of the past were laying the foundation for the standard of living you now enjoy. (Tony Robbins)
The important thing is to learn the lessons from those dark moments.
37. We lose the battles against our exalted language on almost every occasion. (Javier Marías)
As the saying goes, “the tongue is the punishment of the body.”
38. Insult is powerful. Insult engenders both anger and humor, often at the same time. (Suzanne Fields)
It all depends on the tone of voice with which they are said.
39. If your anger decreases over time, you committed injustices; If it increases, you suffered injustices. (Nassim Taleb)
Two ways to see the passage of anger.
40. It takes a lot of desperation, dissatisfaction, and disappointment to write a few good poems. (Charles Bukowski)
Outrage can also be an excellent muse.
41. Outrage and determination are two of the great emotions that lead to change. (Jim Rohn)
Negative feelings that lead you to want something better.
42. If getting angry is bad for the soul, then consider mine dead.
When anger consumes you.
43. Never go to bed angry, stay standing and fight. (William Congreve)
It is better to resolve a conflict now than to let it become bigger.
44. The absence of hatred does not necessarily imply the absence of elementary moral indignation. (Etty Hillesum)
There are many ways to receive punishment.
45. When faced with indignation, it is difficult for victims to leave their suffering behind and for perpetrators to leave behind the consequences of guilt. (Bert Hellinger)
Two faces behind the indignation.
46. It is wise to direct anger at problems, not at people. To focus your energies on answers, not excuses. (William Arthur Ward)
No innocent should pay for your anger.
47. Pain that is not relieved with tears can cause other organs to cry. (Francis J. Braceland)
It is better to vent and release those emotions than to let them rot inside.
48. It is not about providing help to someone, but about imposing a claim of which the indignant person considers himself and feels like the executor. (Bert Hellinger)
Seeking justice into one’s own hands does not always solve things.
49. Anger is easier to handle than pain. (Emily Griffin)
With time and help, everything is overcome.
50. A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. (Christopher Morley)
An interesting phrase to reflect on.
51. Holding on to anger is like grabbing a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else, you are the one who gets burned. (Buddha)
It is the one who feels it, who is harmed in the long run.
52. Anger always comes from frustrated expectations. (Elliot Larson)
Even indignation can be the product of our illusions.
53. How are you going to fill the void of indignation? (Philip Roth)
What are you going to do about it?
54. What begins in anger ends in shame. (Benjamin Franklin)
We always regret actions committed when we are angry.
55. True pain is that which is suffered without witnesses. (Marco Valerio Marcial)
A silent indignation.
56. We are free, let us not allow ourselves to be enslaved by an emotion that is nothing more than a simple learned response pattern. (Mario Alonso Puig)
Each person chooses whether to face their problems or let themselves be carried away by their emotions.
57. One day someone will have to say enough is enough. One day someone will have to say it’s over. (Pete Postlethwaite)
No evil lasts forever.
58. Intolerance can be defined as the indignation of men who have no opinions. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
A way to describe intolerance.
59. No one can think clearly when their fists are clenched. (George Jean Nathan)
Anger clouds our judgment.
60. The world is not fair, but as long as the tilt is in my direction, it seems to me that there is a limit to righteous indignation. (Scott Adams)
React to injustices, but don’t let anger consume you.
61. If you do not want to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit. Don’t give it anything that could cause it to increase. (Epictetus)
Direct your anger toward something productive.
62. I don’t want to think because I don’t want the pain of the heart to join the pain of thought. (Emilio Castelar)
The memory of a bad experience can be more painful than what was experienced.
63. The squeaky hinge is the one that gets the oil. (Malcolm X)
If you want a better change, act for it.
64. We should be outraged 1,000 times more. (Jose Luis Sampedro)
It is necessary to demand more just things in this world.
65. When I stop being indignant, my old age will have begun. (André Gide)
Indignation as part of the youth.
66. There are pains that kill: but there are more cruel ones, those that leave us with life without ever allowing us to enjoy them. Antonie L. Apollinaire Fée)
Each person has in their hands the power to overcome their pain.
67. When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything. (Alex Haley)
No one can help you nor are you willing to receive help.
68. And indignation grew inside me, I didn’t know exactly what it was against, although a good part of it was against myself. (Mario Levrero)
When we feel like we haven’t achieved our goals.
69. Curiously, we often get angry with the person who tells us a truth that is difficult to hear, or impossible to believe. (Marc Levy)
We tend to get upset with those who want the best for us.
70. Disdain is closely linked to indignation, and in both cases what it is about is rejecting someone and excluding them completely from the community. (Malcolm Gladwell)
When indignation is caused by discrimination.
71. The person you love the most is sometimes the one who makes you feel the saddest. (Anonymous)
A complete irony.
72. With these types of feelings I could even create a story.
A positive way to redirect our indignation.
73. In laughter there is always a kind of joy that is incompatible with contempt or indignation. (Voltaire)
That’s why it’s always best to keep a positive attitude.
74. Those who see in every disappointment a stimulus for greater achievements, those have the correct point of view towards life.
Find the positive point in every dark moment.
75. An angry man is always a stupid man. (Chinua Achebe)
A man who can’t get anything productive out of there.
76. It is easy to delete photos and conversations, it is difficult to delete memories. (Anonymous)
The bitter memories are the ones that weigh the most.
77. Anger is useful only to a certain point. After that, it turns into rage, and rage will make you care about nothing. (Lauren Oliver)
It is useful when we can use it as a motivator.
78. You will not be punished because of your anger, you will be punished for it. (Buddha)
Because it will prevent you from enjoying the good things.
79. Don’t go against what is fair to get praise from others. (Lao Tse)
A dirty victory will always be a despicable act.
80. Life is too sad to be embittered by mutual hatred. (Gustav Meyrink)
Stop worrying about the actions of others.
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81. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats the host. But anger is like fire. He burns everything to ashes. (Maya Angelou)
Reasons to avoid bitterness.
82. Pain, when it does not become an executioner, is a great teacher. (Concepción Arenal)
It all depends on the way it is perceived.
83. Outrage without organization is a waste of time. (Josep Maria Pou)
There’s no point in feeling outraged if you won’t do something to remedy it.
84. Don’t say hurtful words when you are in a bad mood, your mood will change, but you can never replace the words you said.
Misdirected words can do a lot of damage.
85. Anger at injustice is called indignation. (Walter Riso)
The main reason why indignation is generated.
86. The world can do nothing against a man who sings in misery. (Ernesto Sabato)
There are those whose pain changes forever.
87. I felt it wasn’t fair; The idea that everything had been too easy for some made me angry. (Blanca Miosi)
Inequality produces justifiable indignation.
88. Silent pain is the most disastrous. (Jean-Baptiste Racine)
It is never a good idea to isolate yourself when you are going through a bad time.
89. There are wounds that, instead of opening our skin, open our eyes. (Anonymous)
There are bad moments that help us face reality better.
90. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive. (Yoko Ono)
