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Anger

326 wordsrevised 2015-08-01

A few words spoken in anger can destroy a relationship that took years to build.

An angry person is always full of poison.

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.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

Anger, though it frequently carries a negative connotation, is a perfectly acceptable emotion -- it's what we do with the anger that may or may not be appropriate.

Anger; use it constructively.

Anyone who angers us, conquers us.

Dealing with anger promptly is important because when it is left to fester, it becomes a resentment: resentment is anger that has been buried and given time to grow.

If we are angry, we must not nurse our grudge.

Let us not let the sun go down while we are still angry.

Losing our temper is no way to get rid of it.

Our goal in A.A. should not to feel good but to do good.

Some anger is proper and justified. We can know when our anger is appropriate and when it should be restrained by asking these questions when we become angry: 1)why am I angry, 2)whose rights are being violated [mine or another's]?, 3)is the truth [a principle of God] being violated? If only our rights are at stake, it may be wiser to keep angry feelings under control but if the truth is at stake, anger is often justified, although violence and retaliation are usually the wrong way to express it.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

We have the right to be angry, but not cruel.

We need to deal with shortanger before it causes long destruction.

We need to stop mean, bad-tempered and angry thoughts, thus actions.

When our tempers get the best of us, it reveals the worst in us.

When you have been wronged or are angry at a wrong done to someone else, try to solve the problem, not get even.