305 private quotes tagged anger

“There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.”— Wayne Dyer

“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

“What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.”— Saint Augustine

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

“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.”— William Arthur Ward

“People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.”— P. J. O'Rourke

“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?”— Sydney J. Harris

“As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.”— Rodney King

“The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear.”— Karl A. Menninger

“The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.”— W. Somerset Maugham

“My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.”— Phyllis Diller

“Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.”— Horace

“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

“Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.”— Abu Bakr

“I think my passion is misinterpreted as anger sometimes. And I don't think people are ready for the message that I'm delivering, and delivering with a sense of violent love.”— Charlie Sheen

“I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.”— Kevin Bacon

“Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.”— Naomi Campbell

“The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.”— Walter Savage Landor

“An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.”— Cato

“Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.”— Louis L'Amour

“Anger is a short madness.”— Horace

“A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.”— Courteney Cox

“Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.”— Laurence J. Peter

“To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I think anytime that you have any disease, and disease meaning lack of ease, lack of flow... dis-ease. So any time there's disease, you're out of balance, whether it's jealousy, anger, greed, anxiety, fear.”— Ricky Williams

“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”— Joan Lunden