Control and Management
- “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” – Ambrose Bierce
- “The best fighter is never angry.” – Lao Tzu
- “He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny
- “Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” – Seneca
- “Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.” – Baltasar Gracian
- “Anger is one letter short of danger.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.” – Lyman Abbott
- “When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.” – Mark Twain
- “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
Consequences of Anger
- “Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
- “Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” – Francis Bacon
- “Anger is a short madness.” – Horace
- “To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.” – Alexander Pope
- “Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
- “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before – it takes something from him.” – Louis L’Amour
- “Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.” – Albert Einstein
- “An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.” – Cato the Elder
- “Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.” – English Proverb
Wisdom on Anger
- “Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.” – Dalai Lama
- “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” – Seneca
- “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” – Maya Angelou
- “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” – Horace
- “Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.” – Eckhart Tolle
- “The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.” – Barbara De Angelis
- “A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.” – Winston Churchill
- “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha
- “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” – Aristotle
- “Anger is like flowing water; there’s nothing wrong with it as long as you let it flow. Hate is like stagnant water; anger that you denied yourself the freedom to feel, the freedom to flow; water that you gathered in one place and left to forget. Stagnant water becomes dirty, stinky, disease-ridden, poisonous, deadly; that is your hate. On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human.” – C. JoyBell C.
Forgiveness and Letting Go
- “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha
- “Forgive, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
- “Anger is a sign that something needs to change.” – Mark Epstein
- “Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” – Hannah Arendt
- “Anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded.” – Kazi Shams
- “Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it…Don’t allow his anger to become your anger.” – Bohdi Sanders
- “Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness; and concealed often hardens into revenge.” – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
- “Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others– it only changes yours.” – Shannon Alder
- “Anger is a valid emotion. It’s only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don’t want to do.” – Ellen Hopkins
- “Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Self-reflection and Growth
- “The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” – Erik Erikson
- “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems — not people; to focus your energies on answers — not excuses.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It’s like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.” – Jim Butcher
- “When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.” – Epictetus
- “Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.” – Vera Nazarian
- “If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” – Chinese Proverb
- “Anger is a sign that something needs to change.” – Mark Epstein
- “Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.” – George William Curtis
- “Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.” – Joan Chittister
- “Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Miscellaneous
- “Anger is the prelude to courage.” – Eric Hoffer
- “Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words.” – Dr. Joyce Brothers
- “The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath.” – Buddha
- “The angry people are those who are most afraid.” – Dr. Robert Anthony
- “Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear, and frustration.” – Phil McGraw
- “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
- “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” – Plato
- “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” – G. M. Trevelyan
- “Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.” – Joan Chittister
- “Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.” – George Eliot
Impact on Relationships
- “In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” – Buddha
- “The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.” – Mehmet Oz
- “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” – G. M. Trevelyan
- “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” – Indira Gandhi
- “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.” – Epictetus
- “Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.” – George Eliot
- “Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.” – Harriet Lerner
- “The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.” – Jacqueline Schiff
- “Anger is an emotion preeminently serviceable for the display of power.” – Walter B. Cannon
Philosophical Insights
- “Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.” – Jim Butcher
- “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” – Horace
- “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” – Thomas Paine
- “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Anger is a short madness.” – Horace
- “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” – Phyllis Diller
- “A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.” – Christopher Morley
- “Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
- “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” – G. M. Trevelyan
- “Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.” – George William Curtis
Self-Control and Discipline
- “If you kick a stone in anger, you’ll hurt your own foot.” – Korean Proverb
- “Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.” – Anonymous
- “You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha
- “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” – Bruce Lee
- “Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” – Seneca
- “He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny