At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.
—Marshall Rosenberg (1934–2015) American Psychologist, Peace Advocate
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger … Let a man overcome anger by love.
—Buddhist Teaching
Anger is a brief madness.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp’s nest.
—Common Proverb
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
—William Penn (1644–1718) American Entrepreneur, Political leader, Philosopher
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
Anger is a short madness.
—Dutch Proverb
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before—it takes something from him.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
He who gives way to his wrath makes desolate his house.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925) American Encyclopedia Editor, Essayist
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
—T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935) British Soldier, Scholar, Writer
A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life. 1. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold. 6. We never repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened. 9. Take things always by their smooth handle. 10. When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.
—David O. McKay (1873–1970) American Mormon Religious Leader
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
—Chinese Proverb
Be not easily moved to anger.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Anger is a bad counselor.
—French Proverb
We boil at different degrees.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.
—Pasquier Quesnel (1634–1719) French Jansenist Theologian
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
Anger is really disappointed hope.
—Erica Jong (b.1942) American Novelist, Feminist
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.—We injure our own cause in the opinion of the world when we too passionately defend it.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
Anger is short-lived madness.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.
—Common Proverb
Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, brings you an inner peace and tranquillity instead of anger and resentment.
—Anonymous
Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.
—Tryon Edwards American Theologian
My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Anger is your clue that you are not taking responsibility.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
As I correct what needs to be handled in my life, all my anger toward others dissipates.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
Any one can get angry — that is easy — or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such a time takes flight and, in her absence, wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride.
—Pietro Aretino (1492–1556) Italian Poet, Dramatist, Satirist
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
—Pythagoras (570–495 BCE) Greek Philosopher
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.
—Homer (751–651 BCE) Ancient Greek Poet
There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
—Wayne Dyer (b.1940) American Motivational Writer, Author, Motivational Speaker
Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there you have Nature, there you have her intentions, there you have her scheme: a perpetual action and reaction, a host of vices, a host of virtues, in one word, a perfect equilibrium resulting from the equality of good and evil on earth.
—Marquis de Sade (1740–1814) French Political leader, Revolutionary, Novelist, Poet, Critic
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.
—Alfred A. Montapert (1906–97) American Engineer, Philosopher
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
Get mad, then get over it.
—Colin Powell (b.1937) American Military Leader