“He did not transfer his anger; he did not repeat a fault.”
Confucius
Self-ControlCharacter
Anger Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ANGER
Anger Quotes
Read 200 of the best anger quotes on controlling your temper, staying calm and letting go, from Seneca, Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare and more.
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”
The Bible (Ephesians 4:26)
ForgivenessFaith
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
The Bible (Proverbs 16:32)
Self-ControlStrength
“Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
The Bible (James 1:19-20)
ListeningPatience
“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.”
The Bible (Proverbs 29:11)
WisdomSelf-Control
“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.”
The Bible (Proverbs 14:29)
PatienceWisdom
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 7:9)
FoolsPatience
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.”
The Bible (Psalm 37:8)
Letting GoPeace
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.”
The Bible (Proverbs 19:11)
ForgivenessWisdom
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
The Bible (Proverbs 25:28)
Self-ControlWeakness
“Anger is like a full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, self-mettle tires him.”
William Shakespeare
Self-ControlConsequences
“Come not between the dragon and his wrath.”
William Shakespeare
WarningWrath
“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.”
William Shakespeare
RevengeConsequences
“Never anger made good guard for itself.”
William Shakespeare
WeaknessAnger
“Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself, and so shall starve with feeding.”
William Shakespeare
Self-HarmBitterness
“I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.”
William Blake
HonestyResentment
“The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
William Blake
PassionWisdom
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”
Benjamin Franklin
RegretConsequences
“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”
Benjamin Franklin
ReasonWisdom
“He that can compose himself is wiser than he that composes books.”
Benjamin Franklin
Self-ControlWisdom
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
Thomas Jefferson
CalmAdvantage
“Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself, can spare time for personal contention.”
Abraham Lincoln
ArgumentsFocus
“A man has not time to spend half his life in quarrels.”
Abraham Lincoln
ArgumentsTime
“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”
Alexander Pope
Self-HarmWisdom
“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot.”
Thomas Fuller
AcceptanceWisdom