Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

anger

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

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchange of ignorance. 2 thoughts from Robert Quillen

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 quotes from Edward Everett Hale

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

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

Anger cannot be dishonest. 41 sayings from Marcus Aurelius

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

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

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

Anger is a good motivator. 22 views from James Dyson

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

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. 6 more 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 more quotes from Peter McWilliams

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

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. 7 quotes from Pope Paul VI

He who angers you conquers you. 2 thoughts from Elizabeth Kenny

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

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

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. 100 other sayings from Mahatma Gandhi

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 thoughts from Sarah Bernhardt

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

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

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

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 views from Mark Twain

When angry, count to four when very angry, swear. 98 quotes 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 sayings from William Shenstone

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. 5 other quotes from Indira Gandhi

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

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

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

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. 67 quotes 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 other quotes from Nagarjuna

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

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

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

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. 9 wisdom & wit from Walter Savage Landor

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

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

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

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. 10 wisdom & wit from Edward Abbey

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

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

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 quotes from Thomas a Kempis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 sayings from James Russell Lowell

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

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