Anger Resentment Quotes

• Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Bullying

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• 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

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Laughter

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• Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

  Nelson Mandela

  Forgiveness, Letting Go, Spiritual

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• Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Anger, Long

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• Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Pain, Anger, Criminal Mind

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.40, New World Library

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• He who angers you conquers you.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Inspirational, Life, Anger

  "Fictional character: Arturo". "Public Art", www.imdb.com. 2017.

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

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Cancer, Anger

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

  Ann Landers

  Moving On, Forgiveness, Letting Go

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

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Letting Go, Meaningful

  Barbara De Angelis (2009). “Are You the One for Me?: Knowing Who's Right and Avoiding Who's Wrong”, p.246, Dell

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• When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.

  Catherine Ponder

  Relationship, Forgiveness, Emotional

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• Don't let the sun go down on me.

  Elton John

  Forgiveness, Anger, Angry Man

  Song: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, 1974

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• Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

  Joan Lunden

  Forgiveness, Hurt, Laughter

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• Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

  Mario Puzo

  Anger, People, Advice

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• Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

  Carrie Fisher

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

  Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Forgiveness

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• Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Fear, Not Giving Up

  Dale Carnegie (2004). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

  James A. Garfield

  Teacher, Encouragement, Strong Women

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• Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Hurt

  "Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry? The Power of Forgiveness" by Margaret Hession, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2017.

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• Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do.

  Peter McWilliams

  Anger, Guilt, Resentment

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old.

  Rowan Williams

  Anger, Culture, Growing

  Rowan Williams (2013). “Choose Life: Christmas and Easter Sermons in Canterbury Cathedral”, p.136, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Anger is one letter short of danger.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, Wise

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• If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

  Sydney J. Harris

  Wisdom, Anger, Power

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• Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

  Roberto Assagioli

  Life, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• Forgiving is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means looking at some slight you feel, putting yourself in the position of the other person, and wiping away any sort of resentment and antagonism you feel toward them. Then let that other person know that everything is perfectly friendly and normal between you.

  Jimmy Carter

  Forgiveness, Anger, Mean

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• In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

  Anne Lamott

  Drinking, Waiting, Forgiving

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.120, Anchor

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