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

anger

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 other sayings from Edward Everett Hale

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

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

Anger cannot be dishonest. 41 more wisdom & wit from Marcus Aurelius

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

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

Anger is a good motivator. 22 wisdom & wit from James Dyson

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

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

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

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

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 other views from Peter McWilliams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When angry, count to four when very angry, swear. 98 other views from Mark Twain

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

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. 52 more sayings 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 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 wisdom & wit from William Shenstone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity. 9 other views from Gaius Sallustius Crispus

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

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 sayings from Thomas a Kempis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul. 45 more wisdom & wit from Thomas Fuller

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

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. 9 other quotes from Gaius Sallustius Crispus

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

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

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. 12 other wisdom & wit from George Jean Nathan

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

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

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

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. 6 more sayings 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 quotes from James Russell Lowell

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

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