Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are.

Anger is the fuel of resentment which can burn for a lifetime.

Anger is our natural defense against pain. So when I say I hate you, it really means you hurt me.

Source: Lynn R Davis, By Faith I Declare I Am Stress Free & Emotionally Amazing: A Guide To Controlling Negative Emotions, Feeling Good About Yourself, and Living A Peaceful Life.

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Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.

Source: Family First: Your Step-by-step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family (2004) by Phillip C. McGraw; Page 16.

Anger is a short madness.

Source: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC), Book I, epistle ii, line 62. Original Quote in Latin: Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat. Complete Sentence: Anger is a momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger extinguishes the mind’s light.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.