“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“Do not let your anger misguide you, my friend.”

Tess Uriza Holthe American writer

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Anger is a momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you.”
Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.

Horace book Epistles

“Anger and desire of vengeance are not going to be of much help to you in your administration.”

Ali book Nahj al-Balagha

“Although you may spend your life killing,
You will not exhaust all your foes.
But if you quell your own anger,
your real enemy will be slain.”

Nagarjuna (150–250) Indian philosopher

“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.”

Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist

“Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.”

Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer

“You know you're in trouble when your own imagination starts punishing you.”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books