Anger cannot be dishonest.
~ George R. Bach

Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.
~ Francis Bacon

As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him.
~ Akhenaton

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
~ Akhenaton

It takes two flints to make a fire.
~ Louisa May Alcott

I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.
~ Helen Alfredsson

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
~ William R. Alger

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
~ Barbara De Angelis

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
~ Maya Angelou

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
~ Marcus Antonius

Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy.
~ Aristotle

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
~ Aristotle

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
~ Marcus Aurelius

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
~ Marcus Aurelius

Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.
~ James Baldwin

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
~ Sir James M. Barrie

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wring, but the coals are.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

A soft answer truth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. [Proverbs 15:1]
~ Bible