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Quotations about Anger
When angry, a man has deserted his body. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
Though just be your Anger, restrain it, my Brother;
Why punish Yourself for the Fault of Another?
~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Anger," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924
Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
I was mad — ugly mad, as any wrong-headed, wrong-living, wrong-hearted fellow gets. I put up that self-blinding smoke screen... I spoke harshly, brutally, devilishly... It's a rough job to walk hobnailed over a mother's prayers... ~Robert R. McBurney, 1922
Long tongues and short tempers are usually mated. ~Minna Thomas Antrim (1861–1950), Knocks Witty, Wise and —, 1905
My dear, don't let the sun go down upon your anger; forgive each other, help each other, and begin again
Never go to bed mad — stay up and fight. ~Phyllis Diller, "How To Reconcile the Bank Statement and Your Husband And Other Ugly Problems," Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints, 1966
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath. ~Eckhart Tolle
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. ~Baptist Beacon
Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ~Mark Twain
Take no revenge that you have not pondered beneath a starry sky, or on a canyon overlook, or to the lapping of waves and the mewing of a distant gull. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris, Publishers-Hall Syndicate, as quoted by The Reader's Digest, 1974
I took Revenge, for I had suffered long,
And my small Right became enormous Wrong.
~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Wrath," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924
I dipped my pen in gall and it composed a foolish, bitter letter, for which I beg a thousand pardons. ~Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, 1670
It is foolish to say sharp, hasty things, but 't is a deal more foolish to write 'em. When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded — and then throw both letters in the wastebasket. ~Elbert Hubbard
Anger and compassion are not too far apart, and whenever possible, spent anger should give way to compassion. ~Ernest Hemingway, as quoted in A. E. Hotchner, The Good Life According To Hemingway, 2008
Anger as soon as fed is dead –
'Tis starving makes it fat –
~Emily Dickinson, 1881
Calm yourself... The great thing is to keep the head cool when the blood burns. ~Marie Corelli (Mary Mills Mackay)
Do you know that every time you give way to anger you throw some of the most important of your physical organs out of gear, and thus lessen your efficiency and endanger your health? ~H. Addington Bruce, Nerve Control and How to Gain It, 1918
He invites danger who indulges in anger. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
Laughter is a feather. Anger is a brick. ~Terri Guillemets, "Be Light," 1998
ANGER always hurts me worse than it does the fellow I'm mad at. ~Josh Billings, revised by H. Montague
Anger and worry are caused by phantoms that we create within ourselves and whose only strength is that with which we endow them. ~Horace Fletcher, Menticulture, 1895
When glad, we owe the world our joy; when mad, we owe it our self-control. ~William Arthur Ward, Thoughts of a Christian Optimist, 1968
Temper destroys more homes than termites. ~Arnold H. Glasow (1905–1999)
Frustration is nothing more than letting your own mind bully you. ~Terri Guillemets
Stinging whips, each syllable that crackles from our lips—
Words flung in anger as mighty pent up dynamite
Words cut by a madman's ax; words brittle with ice
Words pointed, barbed with sleet and torn of branch
Words that cascade, ricochet, split, and fall in avalanche
~Lew Sarett, "Words," Slow Smoke, 1925 [modified
Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.
~William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, c.1607 [IV, 2, Volumnia]
If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug — which is all the more reason to do so. It's hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that's precisely what happens when we hug each other. ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997
The taste
of
grudge
destroys
completely
the
taste
of
cherries...
~Alice Walker, from "The Taste of Grudge," Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, 2010
Anger and worry are the most unprofitable conditions known to man. They are like thieves that steal precious time and energy from life. Anger is a highway robber and worry is a sneak thief. ~Horace Fletcher, Menticulture, 1895 [a little altered
The man who is never angry is less than a man. Wrath is sometimes a virtue... Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry... ~"The Grace of Anger," in The Christian Union, 1884, Lyman Abbott & Hamilton W. Mabie, editors
He who subdues his temper vanquishes his greatest enemy. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
Anger is smoke, revenge a consuming fire. ~James Lendall Basford (1845–1915), Seven Seventy Seven Sensations, 1897
There was no good reason for me to be angry but my body was filled with it... ~Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved, 1980
people are strange: they are constantly angered by
trivial things,
but on a major matter
like
totally wasting their lives,
they hardly seem to
notice...
~Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
All of the evil passions are traceable to one of two roots. Anger is the root of all the aggressive passions. Worry is the root of all the cowardly passions.... It is not necessary to engage in battle the small army of lesser passions if you concentrate your efforts against anger and worry, for they are all children of these parents. ~Horace Fletcher, Menticulture, 1895
Good resolutions are seldom made in anger. ~James Lendall Basford (1845–1915), Sparks from the Philosopher's Stone, 1882
As Ruffled Lakes distort whatever kinds
Of things they mirror, so do Ruffled Minds.
~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Wrath," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924
Frustration is anger caged in impatience. ~Terri Guillemets
Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1963
Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
Anger and Folly walk cheek by jole; Repentance treads on both their Heels. ~Benjamin Franklin
An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
The anger of the righteous man is the anger most to be dreaded. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One. ~Benjamin Franklin
The velocity of anger.
The tardiness of gratitude.
~Dr. SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com
Hold your Wrath One Moment brief
Save a Hundred Days of Grief.
~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Wrath," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924
They teach that he who hates shall be hated, and that the one who gets angry shall be punished by anger, and that all sin is punished by it and not for it. ~"Sin," Health Magazine, December 1905
Anger and worry are the rankest forms of Egotism. ~Horace Fletcher, Menticulture, 1895
If you speak when angry, you’ll make the best speech you'll ever regret. ~Groucho Marx [quoteinvestigator.com]
Changing from ‘kind regards’ to just ‘regards’, to indicate that you’re rapidly reaching the end of your tether. ~Rob Temple, Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time, 2013, verybritishproblems.com
Anger makes your life — and your body — off-key. All bitter emotions do. ~Terri Guillemets, "A turning trial by fire," 1999
When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred. ~Thomas Jefferson, 1825
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. ~Mark Twain
Next time you're mad, try dancing out your anger. ~Terri Guillemets, "Boom box philosophies," 1992
We can never drown anger and worry; yet, if let alone, they drown themselves. ~Horace Fletcher, Menticulture, 1895 [a little altered
Lessons from jealousy and anger: sometimes the poison-keeper gets poisoned. ~Terri Guillemets
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