Anne Lamott Quotes

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control.

I can't stop myself from finding information that makes me mad and writing about it.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

I had a temper when I played junior golf and had my clubs taken away for slamming them on the ground. I learned very quickly that I didn't want my clubs taken away from me.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

When we don't get any treats, we feel depleted, resentful, and angry, and we feel justified in self-indulgence. We start to crave comfort - and grab that comfort wherever we can, even if it means breaking good habits.

I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.

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

Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.

Getting mad only leads to madness.

Sometimes when I get frustrated and ticked off, there's a little more fire there. It can also get you in trouble if you're not careful, but I think within reason it can help you.

I wanna be bad sometimes - I wanna rip everything apart, -but it comes on less and less. Doing all this music stuff is very good for it.

It's not something I worry about: I can control my temper!

I've always been a dominant and violent person.

I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.

There's no reason ever to steal because you're upset.

My manners have always been the first thing to go when I get upset, and some people say that they stopped coming back a long time ago.​

I despise people who can't control themselves.

Like most people, I often feel mean, and act accordingly.

We've all felt anger. It can come when things don't turn out the way we want. It might be a reaction to something which is said of us or to us. We may experience it when people don't behave the way we want them to behave. Perhaps it comes when we have to wait for something longer than we expected. We might feel angry when others can't see things from our perspective. There seem to be countless possible reasons for anger….If we desire to have a proper spirit with us at all times, we must choose to refrain from becoming angry.

the important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. Anger is a form of recognition. It amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. Actually, they haven't.

Nobody can make you angry without your consent, nobody can disappoint you without your consent, you have to give people consent to do these things.