Miscellaneous Quotes on Anger - (1433)

Insight

Here are some twenty quotes on anger to ponder upon…

I think what all these quotes are trying to say: "is just wait…"

They also warn that the consequences outweigh the original cause, and that anger is something void of reason.

By reading over a collection of quotes like this, which are really the experiences, understanding and observations of people over the centuries, we can get some insight into the very nature of anger, and then by duality we can discover the antidotes.

Goal: to be as agile as this Spanish bull fighter in displacing, rising above or diverting our own anger.

Quotes

"The cure for anger is delay." Seneca

"When anger rises think of the consequences." Confucius

"A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough." Bruce Lee

"He who angers you controls you." Elizabeth Kenny

"Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." Buddha

"Nobody makes you angry; you decide to use anger as a response." Brian Tracy

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

"Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burnt." Buddha

"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."

"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts up his eyes." Cato

"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it." Marcus Aurelius

"Men in rage strike those that wish them best." Shakespeare

"Those who the Gods would destroy first they would make angry." Greek

"When a man is wrong and will not admit it, he always gets angry." Haliburton

"Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one." Lord Halifax

"Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth." Chuck Norris

"There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust." St. Francis De Sales

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." Chinese Proverb

"Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance." Pythagoras

"If you are angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred." Jefferson

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