The repository contains 15 quotes in the category “Anger.”
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 — 1882
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Benjamin Franklin
1706 — 1790
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde
1854 — 1900
Every normal man must be tempted at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
1880 — 1956
Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not easy.
Aristotle
384 — 322 B.C.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
Buddha
564? — 483 B.C.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Emperor Marcus Aurelius
121 — 180 A.D.
Speak when you’re angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.
Laurence Peter
1919 — 1990
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
Steven Wright
1955 —
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
I always knew I would look back on my tears and laugh, but I never knew I would look back at my laughter and cry.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Seneca
104? B.C. — 1065
Many a man’s tongue broke his nose.
Seamus MacManus
1869 — 1960
When you hate, the only one that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don’t know it and the rest don’t care.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
