Favorite Quotations ~  Anger, 4 People Skills

"Anger is loaded with information and energy." ~ Audre Lorde

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You can't catch water with a fist. ~ JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002

In the face of anger, the best response is a burst of tenderness. ~ Catherine Ingram

If you are patient in one moment of anger you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow. ~ Ancient Proverb

Anger is like mild, it should not be kept too long. ~ Phyllis Bottome

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. ~ Zora Neale Hurston

Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite. ~ Agatha Christie

Patience in a moment of anger can save you a thousand days of pain. ~ Chinese Proverb

Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular. ~ Roy Wilkins

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

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves. ~ Alexander Pope

He who angers you conquers you. ~ Elizabeth Kenny

I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love. ~ Brad Pitt

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

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. Cherie Carter-Scott

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