“Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around.”
Anger gets a bad reputation, but it is one of the most honest emotions we have. These quotes look at rage, frustration, and righteous fury from every angle — when to let it burn, when to let it go, and what it reveals about what we actually care about. Not therapy, but sometimes close.
“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.”
“Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around.”
“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.”
“President Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All he's offering is more of the same. That's not good. Look at the economy. It's stagnating. And so, what they're now going to try and do is bring this campaign down to little things, distractions, distortions, smear, fear, anger, frustration.”
“He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.”
“Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.”
“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.”
“In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.”
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.”
“I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.”
“Anger cannot be dishonest.”
“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?”
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”