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When you are right,you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 19 likes | |
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 13 likes | |
A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; hence he is exempt from movements of anger and partiality, for every such movement implies weakness. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 12 likes | |
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 10 likes | |
Any one can get angry — that is easy — or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes | |
In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done. — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 9 likes | |
Anger is a momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you. 9 likes | |
Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what’s begun in anger ends in shame. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 5 likes | |
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad. — Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer 5 likes | |
Despair is anger with no place to go. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 4 likes | |
To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 4 likes | |
God is never angry for His sake, only for ours. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 4 likes | |
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] 3 likes | |
Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage. — Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher 3 likes | |
When angry, count four. When very angry, swear. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 2 likes | |
If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 2 likes | |
Righteous indignation: Your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 2 likes | |
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. — Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian 2 likes | |
No person is important enough to make me angry. | |
It’s always our helplessness that irritates us. | |
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. | |
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves. | |
Anger is really disappointed hope. | |
There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul. | |
One thought–murder a day keeps the psychiatrist away. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 | |
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. |
Personal Stories
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 7 likes |
Latin Quotes
Rage supplies arms. Furor arma ministrat. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 29 likes |
Quotes in Verse
Anger as soon as fed is dead- ‘Tis starving makes it fat. |
Funny Quotes
Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
Breathing fury. Μένεα πνείοντες. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad II 6 likes | |
Many things about anger are horrible, and may are absurd. Πολλά εστι του θυμού φοβερά, πολλά δε και γελοία. — Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian 5 likes | |
Timidity is more beneficial to people than wrath. Αιδώς γαρ οργής πλείον ωφελεί βροτούς. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Temenidae 5 likes | |
The prudent stay away from hatred and anger. Σώφρονος ανδρός έχθραν φυλάττεσθαι και οργήν. — Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian 4 likes | |
It is harder to fight against pleasure than against anger. Χαλεπώτερον ηδονῇ μάχεσθαι ή θυμῷ. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 4 likes | |
Anger inflates the mind. Χόλος νόον οιδάνει. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad X 4 likes | |
Not to hold your anger at all is rude and vulgar. Το γαρ μηδαμού κρατείν οργής απαίδευτον και ακόλαστον. — Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian 3 likes |
Proverbs
A hungry man is an angry man. 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. — from the film Star Wars-The Phantom Menace (1999) 2 likes |