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Quotes about Anger

Anger as soon as fed is dead- 'Tis starving makes it fat.
- Emily Dickinson, US poet (1830 - 1886)

Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter, US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucius, Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
- Henry Ward Beecher, US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 - 1887)

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
- Harriet Lerner

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
- Epictetus, Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher (55 AD - 135 AD)

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
- Epictetus, Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher (55 AD - 135 AD)

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.
- Maxine Waters

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
- Elizabeth I, English queen 1558-1603 (1533 - 1603)

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.
- Malcolm X, US black nationalist leader (1925 - 1965)

Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.
- Babylonian Talmud

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
- Cherie Carter-Scott

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
- Mario Puzo, US novelist & screenwriter (1920 - 1999)

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
- Joan Lunden

Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.
- Greg Evans