Quotes about Anger

Why couldn't you have told me so Three quarters of an hour ago, You prince of all the asses?

Our first response when angered should be to turn away momentarily, mentally or physically, so we can separate the offense from the offender.

Judging is a defense mechanism. If anger in its purest form is temporary displeasure, then judgment is permanent rejection.

anger is described as "completely natural, perfectly legitimate. It is that internal happening which prepares us to cope with hurtful, frustrating, and fearful experiences." And "anger is simply a state of physical readiness." He goes on to explain, "When we are angry, we are prepared to act.

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the other become angry.

Breathe a word of prayer, not anger.

Anger is the only negative emotion that people all over the world usually want to keep.

Intense rage will normally make you stew instead of do when you encounter unfairness, and if you act while enraged you will often fight foolishly and badly.

Anger can be likened to an architect's blueprint. The availability of a blueprint does not cause a building to be constructed, but it does make construction easier.

When your heart begins to pound, your face gets hot, your thoughts race, your blood pressure skyrockets, and adrenaline surges through your body, you will seldom act in a rational way. Your rage may lead to a constant struggle to control your actions. Your fury itself may feel very uncomfortable and be a constant reminder that you are not dealing effectively with the world around you.

I'm feeling miserable . . . There was no self-pity in his tone, no appeal for sympathy ? only the angry matter-of-factness of a Stoic who has finally grown sick of the long farce of impassibility and is resentfully blurting out the truth.

Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.