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Anger Quotes

"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."

"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American Writer

Anger, Love, Contempt, Hate

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"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses."

"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses."

William Arthur Ward, American Writer

Anger, People, Answers, Excuses

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"My hatred is diamond-hard."

"My hatred is diamond-hard."

Jim Goad, Australian Author

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"Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously."

"Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously."

Marie de France, French Poet

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"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."

"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, American Psychologist

Anger, Power, Time, Laughter

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"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman

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"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason."

"An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Anger, Man, Reason

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"Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace."

"Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace."

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

Anger, Peace, Management, Conflict

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"The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself."

"The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Anger, Fear, Betrayal, Body

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"Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told."

"Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told."

Chastity Bono, American Celebrity

Anger, Mom, Betrayal, Deep

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"I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will."

"I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Anger, Violence, Revenge, Emotion, Reflection

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"Lingering, bottled-up anger never reveals the 'true colors' of an individual. It, on the contrary, becomes all mixed up, rotten, confused, forms a highly combustible, chemical compound then explodes as something foreign, something very different than one's natural self."

"Lingering, bottled-up anger never reveals the 'true colors' of an individual. It, on the contrary, becomes all mixed up, rotten, confused, forms a highly combustible, chemical compound then explodes as something foreign, something very different than one's natural self."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Anger, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant."

"Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

Anger, Men, Music, Women

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"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."

"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive."

"What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive."

Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer

Anger, Positive, Emotion, Protest

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"I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites - everyone that was there that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage and how it came through."

"I'm really busted up over this and I'm very, very sorry to those people in the audience, the blacks, the Hispanics, whites - everyone that was there that took the brunt of that anger and hate and rage and how it came through."

Michael Richards, American Actor

Anger, People, Hate

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"Hatred is inveterate anger."

"Hatred is inveterate anger."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

Anger, Scripture

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"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."

"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."

Edward F. Halifax, British Statesman

Anger, Men, Religion, Care

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"George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money."

"George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Anger, Money, Guitar

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"I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a while and then there would come a point where I would either have to stay in this place of darkness and anger, or I'd have to accept that it happened."

"I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a while and then there would come a point where I would either have to stay in this place of darkness and anger, or I'd have to accept that it happened."

Jason Ritter, American Actor

Anger, Darkness, Tragedy

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"The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do."

"The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

Anger, Fear, Anxiety, Stress

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"There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively."

"There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

Anger, Nothing, Wrong

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"To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better."

"To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better."

Tryon Edwards, American Theologian

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"Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger."

"Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger."

Fran Drescher, American Actress

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"The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves."

"The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity."

"A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity."

Mary Garden, Scottish Soprano

Anger, Creativity, Emotion, Productivity

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"Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined."

"Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined."

Tom Lantos, American Diplomat

Anger, Faith, Government, Financial

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"Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on."

"Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on."

Alice Duer Miller, American Poet

Anger, Forgiveness, Faces

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"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates."

"You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Anger, Losing, Opponents

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"Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately."

"Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately."

Edward Everett Hale, American Clergyman

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"The anger of lovers renews their love."

"The anger of lovers renews their love."

Terence, Roman Writer

Anger, Love, Lovers

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"The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

"The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

Horace, Roman Poet

Anger, Temper, Will

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"Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do."

"Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

Anger, Guilt, Resentment

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"What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance."

"What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Anger, Change, Performance, Deep

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"When you are angry, don't react. Respond with consideration, kindness, and love."

"When you are angry, don't react. Respond with consideration, kindness, and love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Anger, Kindness, Love, Consideration

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"He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor."

"He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Anger, Actor, Being, Feeling

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"Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference."

"Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference."

Philip Stanhope, British Statesman

Anger, Indifference

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"My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later."

"My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later."

Wilfred Burchett, Australian Journalist

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"It's a very difficult thing for people to accept, seeing women act out anger on the screen. We're more accustomed to seeing men expressing rage and women crying."

"It's a very difficult thing for people to accept, seeing women act out anger on the screen. We're more accustomed to seeing men expressing rage and women crying."

Rebecca De Mornay, American Actress

Anger, Men, Women, People

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"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present."

"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present."

Barbara de Angelis, American Writer

Anger, Heart, Past, Present

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"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."

"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, American Author

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"Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years."

"Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years."

Paddy Ashdown, British Politician

Anger, Guilt, Sense, Skin

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"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey?"

"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey?"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Anger, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

John Dryden, English Poet

Anger, Thoughts, Mind, Resentment

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"Keep cool; anger is not an argument."

"Keep cool; anger is not an argument."

Daniel Webster, American Statesman

Anger, Argument

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"My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts."

"My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts."

Blanche Lincoln, American Politician

Anger, Heart, Decision, Behavior

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"I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic."

"I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Anger, Challenge, Darkness

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"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."

"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, American Politician

Anger, Right, Want, Wrong

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"Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it."

"Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it."

Robert South, English Clergyman

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