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Anger

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

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

"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

"Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest." Malabar proverb

"They can't get your goat, unless you tell them where it's tied!" Unknown

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger." Buddha

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

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

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your 
enemies." Nelson Mandela


"Anger controlled is a power that can move the world." Mahatma Gandhi

"Holding onto 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 tomorrow is your last day, and you spend it in anger and resentment against someone you care about, what a waste of time. I wonder how many days and years we waste waiting for another person to be sorry first.” Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays With Morrie

"Anger and hatred are our real enemies. They are the forces we most need to confront and defeat, not the temporary “enemies” who appear intermittently throughout our life." Tnzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, The Compassionate Life

“Hatred - the anger of the weak.” Alphonse Daudet, writer (1840-1897)

“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.” Ken Keys

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.” Confucious

“There are two times to keep your mouth shut—when you’re swimming and when you’re angry.” anonymous

“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” Unknown

“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.” Robert Ingersoll

“He who angers you conquers you.” Elizabeth Kenny

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