Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.
BuddhaIn battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people’s wrath.
Kahlil GibranAnyone can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.
AristotleNever in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred, it will be stilled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
BuddhaAnger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Benjamin FranklinEvery man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy, and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
Samuel JohnsonWhen anger rises think of the consequences.
ConfuciusSpeak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Laurence J. PeterI don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.
Mitch HedbergIt is a living death if one is obsessed by pride ego and anger.
Sai BabaExaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
Kahlil GibranThe components of anxiety, stress, fear and anger, do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
Wayne DyerNow is the winter of our discontent.
William ShakespeareYou will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
BuddhaAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark TwainAnger, ego, jealousy, are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases.
Sai BabaBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
Maya AngelouWe should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Mahatma GandhiWe praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
AristotleObama and his attack dogs have nothing but hate and anger in their hearts and spew it whenever possible.
Donald TrumpHell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
Milton FriedmanI want to get a vending machine with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad but it will be too late.
Mitch HedbergAnger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing, it goes about and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Carl SandburgWhen angry - count to four; when very angry - swear.
Mark TwainAnger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma GandhiAbused patience turns to fury.
Thomas FullerWhatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Benjamin FranklinHell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.
Frank SinatraMan should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
Mahatma GandhiMy tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
William ShakespeareAnger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
George EliotAnger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mahatma GandhiHolding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else, you are the one who gets burned.
BuddhaFury itself supplies arms.
VirgilAnger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
BuddhaWhen you are offended at any man's fault turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EpictetusAnger can be subdued only by forbearance and cruelty can be overcome only by nonviolence.
Sai BabaThe world in general doesn't know what to make of originality, it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought and its first reaction is one of anger.
W. Somerset MaughamAnger is a short madness.
HoraceDon't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see one can only be angry with those he respects.
Richard M. NixonAnger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAnger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Thomas FullerGenerally speaking if a human being never shows anger then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
Dalai LamaAnger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaLaw and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
HoraceSpeak the truth, do not yield to anger, give if thou art asked for little, by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
ConfuciusThe greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Thomas PaineAnger 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'AmourThe new always carries with it the sense of violation of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred, what is new that is different is evil dangerous or subversive.
Henry MillerGeorge wrote Taxman and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
Paul McCartneyIn my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.
Steve MartinDo not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. TolkienWhen someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.
Alanis MorissetteAnger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert EinsteinYou must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry terribly angry about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
Richard M. NixonI get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers?
Sai BabaAll anger is not sinful because some degree of it and on some occasions is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation and when it continues long.
Wilson MiznerIt is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
Wayne DyerPresident Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All he's offering is more of the same. That's not good. Look at the economy. It's stagnating. And so what they're now going to try and do is bring this campaign down to little things distractions distortions smear fear anger frustration.
Paul RyanMy recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes cry rant and rave and at the sound of the bell simmer down and go about business as usual.
Phyllis DillerHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Marcus AureliusAnger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.
Christina AguileraThere's nothing wrong in suffering if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
H. G. WellsPeople crowd into film shows rush towards social clubs - spend days together in playing cards - but when they are asked to sing the Glory of God and purify themselves and the atmosphere they clamor for concession ! When the heads hit against each other in anger can the feet be steady and unaffected ? They too will kick and trample as maliciously as they can.
Sai BabaWhen I was younger I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
Alanis MorissetteFair peace becomes men, ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
OvidAnger is the harvest of the bewitching mind, it enslaves man and fogs his understanding.
Sai BabaAnger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty.
Sai BabaWhat influenced me was Tori Amos who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me and very inspiring before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
Alanis MorissetteAnger cannot be dishonest.
Marcus AureliusThe arousing of prejudice, pity, anger and similar emotions, has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case.
AristotleThere's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
Wayne DyerDesire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words, keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal) one should start on the path of sacrifice.
Sai BabaAnger is like an intoxicant, it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal.
Sai BabaI know to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Mahatma GandhiWhere divinity is sought after one ought always to behave in the spirit of Love devoid of the slightest trace of hate envy and anger. When one cultivates the inner look one attains the conviction of the basic equality of all.
Sai BabaEvery action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
AristotleHello. Do not greet anybody when the heart is filled with anger, distrust etc. Have instead a pure hollow from which a wholehearted Hello emanates.
Sai BabaI will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime then I attack them one and all because they enslave the minds of men.
Robert Green IngersollHatred is settled anger.
Marcus Tullius CiceroLawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
HoraceHatred is inveterate anger.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people, to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
William Arthur WardIt is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent, and at the right time, with the right object, and in the right way - that is not easy and it is not everyone who can do it.
AristotleIt is better to lead from behind and to put others in front especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson MandelaLike fragile ice anger passes away in time.
OvidThe only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul angry or gentle. Anger is just and pity is just but judgement is never just.
David Herbert LawrenceAnger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green IngersollWhere there is charity and wisdom there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
Francis of Assisi