Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

anger

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound. 2 sayings from Ford Frick

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. 14 other quotes from James Thurber

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. 10 other quotes from Edward Abbey

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. 10 quotes from William Congreve

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at. 3 thoughts from Frank Moore Colby

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. 14 other quotes from William Arthur Ward

Keep cool anger is not an argument. 12 sayings from Daniel Webster

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. 12 wisdom & wit from Zora Neale Hurston

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. 5 more views from J. R. R. Tolkien

Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. 21 views from Abu Bakr

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. 12 other wisdom & wit from Thomas a Kempis

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. 67 thoughts from Francis Bacon

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul. 45 quotes from Thomas Fuller

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight. 10 views from William Congreve

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. 96 other sayings from Benjamin Franklin

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. 67 more views from Francis Bacon

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain. 2 quotes from Nagarjuna

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. 9 other sayings from Walter Savage Landor

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart. 45 sayings from Thomas Fuller

To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better. 8 more quotes from Tryon Edwards

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. 96 more sayings from Benjamin Franklin

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. 12 quotes from George Jean Nathan

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin. 45 more wisdom & wit from John Ruskin

Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head. 29 quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. 24 other thoughts from James Russell Lowell

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. 3 views from G. M. Trevelyan

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. 6 wisdom & wit from George William Curtis

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. 105 other quotes from Albert Einstein

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchange of ignorance. 2 wisdom & wit from Robert Quillen

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. 70 views from Thomas Jefferson

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. 41 quotes from Marcus Aurelius

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out and when it does come, it is out again immediately. 3 more thoughts from Edward Everett Hale

Anger cannot be dishonest. 41 quotes from Marcus Aurelius

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. 15 other wisdom & wit from Christopher Morley

Anger is a good motivator. 22 more thoughts from James Dyson

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him. 10 more sayings from B. C. Forbes

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. 28 more views from William Butler Yeats

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. 6 quotes from Abraham Cahan

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do. 4 wisdom & wit from Peter McWilliams

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. 17 other sayings from John Dryden

He who angers you conquers you. 2 wisdom & wit from Elizabeth Kenny

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. 7 other wisdom & wit from Pope Paul VI

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? 13 thoughts from Sydney J. Harris

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. 21 more quotes from Laurence J. Peter

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. 8 sayings from Frank Herbert

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time. 2 more quotes from James Whitcomb Riley

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor. 6 quotes from Sarah Bernhardt

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. 98 more thoughts from Mark Twain

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. 8 views from William Shenstone

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. 5 wisdom & wit from Indira Gandhi

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. 52 thoughts from George Eliot

When angry, count to four when very angry, swear. 98 wisdom & wit from Mark Twain