Quotes about Anger

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.
Mark Twain

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Aristotle

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert Einstein

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

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
Maya Angelou

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

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Ambrose Bierce

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
Lee Iacocca

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.
Bob Marley

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

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Benjamin Franklin

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
Epictetus

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

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

It 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 Dyer

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.
James Russell Lowell

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Plato

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.
Richard M. Nixon