Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ~Robert G. Ingersoll


Anger is one letter short of danger. ~Author Unknown


Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief; than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. ~Marcus Antonius


He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny


If you kick a stone in anger; you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb


Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. ~Phyllis Diller; Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints; 1966


No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. ~George Jean Nathan


Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~Malachy McCourt


Temper tantrums; however fun they may be to throw; rarely solve whatever problem is causing them. ~Lemony Snicket


There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen. ~Alexandre Dumas


Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. ~James Fallows


Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. ~Albert Einstein


Anger is short-lived madness. ~Horace


Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. ~Lyman Abbott


Holding 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. ~Buddha


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


Never strike your wife - even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb


Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger. ~Chinese Proverb


Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry; but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. ~Author Unknown


The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. ~Jacqueline Schiff


To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee. ~William H. Walton


Anger and folly walk cheek by jole. ~Benjamin Franklin


Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb


Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness; and concealed often hardens into revenge. ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton


For every minute you are angry; you lose sixty seconds of happiness. ~Author Unknown


I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. ~Author Unknown


In certain trying circumstances; urgent circumstances; desperate circumstances; profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. ~Mark Twain


Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb


People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. ~Will Rogers


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


The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. ~Bede Jarrett





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 jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. ~George Eliot


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'Armour


Can anger survive without his hypocrisy?? ~Jareb Teague


Get mad; then get over it. ~Colin Powell


If a small thing has the power to make you angry; does that not indicate something about your size?? ~Sydney J. Harris


Malice drinks one-half of its own poison. ~Seneca


Next time you're mad; try dancing out your anger. ~Sweetpea Tyler


Resentment is an extremely bitter diet; and eventually poisonous. I have no desire to make my own toxins. ~Neil Kinnock


Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along. ~Mignon McLaughlin; The Neurotic's Notebook; 1960


The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong. ~Wilson Mizner


When angry; count four; when very angry; swear. ~Mark Twain; Pudd'nhead Wilson; 1894