125 Anger Quotes to Control Emotional Fire

Anger, a powerful emotion, is an integral part of the human experience. Maybe someone betrayed you, lied to you, or wronged you in another way. It’s natural to get angry. How you manage and channel this emotion plays a crucial role in your relationships, social image and overall well-being. Let us delve into a collection of insightful anger quotes that offer wisdom on understanding, expressing, and transcending this emotion.

Anger Quotes

1. “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

2. “Anger is temporary but words said in anger aren’t.” ~ Marion Bekoe

3. “The most important thing to deal with anger is to find out the trigger or stimulus which generates the emotions of anger.” ~ Invajy

4. “For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “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

6. “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” ~ Ambrose Bierce
7. “Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something’s wrong. He’s not right in the brain.” ~ Dalai Lama
8. “If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger.” ~ Marshall Rosenberg
9. 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
10. “Anger could be a gift only if it’s used wisely.” ~ Dido Stargaze

Anger Management Quotes

11. “Angry people are not always wise.” ~ Jane Austen
12. “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” ~ Plato
13. “Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” ~ Evan Esar
14. “If you remain patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow” ~ Chinese Proverb
15. “Get mad, then get over it.” ~ Colin Powell
16. “Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” ~ Robert Green Ingersoll
17. “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
18. “Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
19. “Never be angry with something that can’t get angry with you.” ~ Jack Gardner
20. “Expressing anger is necessary.” ~ Jenny Holzer

Quotes about Anger

21. “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” ~ Phyllis Diller
22. “Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, ‘What else could this mean?’” ~ Shannon Alder
23. “Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
24. “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are.” ~ Cherie Carter-Scott
25. “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” ~ Robert Muller
26. “The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.” ~ Mehmet Oz
27. “Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
28. “When anger rises, think of the consequences.” ~ Confucius
29. “Being unable to control your temper is no less of an illness than being anxious or depressed, and it deserves every bit as much sympathy.” ~ John Crawford
30. “I believe that things should be let go once they are discussed. Apology accepted. End of story.” ~ Brad Goreski

Anger and Frustration Quotes

31. “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
32. “The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.” ~ Barbara De Angelis
33. “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
34. “Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others-it only changes yours.” ~ Shannon Alder
35. “A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.” ~ William Walton
36. “Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours’, not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
37. “Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the ‘enemies’ who appear from time to time in our lives.” ~ Dalai Lama
38. “Men in rage strike those that wish them best.” ~ William Shakespeare
39. “When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can’t move forward.” ~ Mary J. Blige
40. “In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.” ~ Pythagoras

Anger Quotes

41. “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems ~ not people; to focus your energies on answers ~ not excuses.” ~ William Arthur Ward
42. “Anger always comes from frustrated expectations.” ~ Elliott Larson
43. “In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.” ~ Emily Giffin
44. “Poetry = Anger x Imagination” ~ Sherman Alexie
45. “You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light.” ~ Shannon L. Alder
46. “Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other.” ~ Stephen Richards
47. “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
48. “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” ~ Maya Angelou
49. How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
50. “The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, is that which rages in the place of dearest love.” ~ Euripides

Quotation on Anger

51. “When someone says that I’m angry it’s actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I’d write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.” ~ Alanis Morissette
52. “Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent’s blade.” ~ Patricia Briggs
53. “When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.” ~ Mark Twain
54. “Whatever begun in anger ends in shame.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
55. “Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind.” ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
56. “People hardly ever do anything in anger, of which they do not repent.” ~ Samuel Richardson
57. “To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is still better.” ~ Tryon Edwards
58. “Sometimes, it took seconds to control your anger, only to avoid the state of eternal feud.” ~ Toba Beta
59. “I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.” ~ Deborah J. Lightfoot
60. “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So, let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” ~ Jack Layton

Anger Quotation

61. “If you are self-aware of what you are going through, you would be in a better position to understand others, and affect people around you.” ~ Oscar Auliq-Ice
62. “So other people hurt me? That’s their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
63. “I lose my temper, but it’s all over in a minute,’ said the student. ‘So is the hydrogen bomb,’ I replied. ‘But think of the damage it produces!” ~ George Sweeting
64. “There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.” ~ Wayne Dyer
65. “Anger is an energy that can be used for positive change.” ~ Russell Eric Dobda
66. “Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.” ~ Baltasar Gracian
67. “Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.” ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
68. “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” ~ Seneca
69. “Anger is a choice, not a condition.” ~ Gary Chapman
70. “Anger makes us feel so isolated.” ~ Fred Rogers

Insightful Quotes about Anger

71. “I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight… I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
72. “Everyone asks how to deal with anger when it arises. No one asks how to prevent anger from arising.” ~ James Pierce
73. “Anger is only one letter short of danger.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
74. “When you think you’ve been injured, apply this rule: If the community isn’t injured by it, neither am I. And if it is, anger is not the answer. Show the offender where he went wrong.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
75. “Anger is our unconsciousness’s fastest way to let us know that our boundaries are being stepped on.” ~ Wendy Hammond
76. “Remember Grace, if you let anger into your heart, it will push out your ability to love.” ~ Bree Despain
77. “Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
78. “Great anger and violence can never build a nation.” ~ Nelson Mandela
79. “Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing.” ~ Thomas S. Monson
80. “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

Anger Buddhism Quotes

81. “To be angry is to let others’ mistakes punish yourself.” ~ Buddha
82. “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
83. “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” ~ Buddha
84. “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” ~ Buddha
85. “Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.” ~ Buddha
86. “Conquer anger through gentleness, unkindness through kindness, greed through generosity, and falsehood by truth.” ~ Buddha
87. “Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.”~ Buddha
88. “Be truthful; do not yield to anger. Give freely, even if you have but little. The gods will bless you.” ~ Buddha
89. “Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.” ~ Gautam Buddha
90. “Speak only when you feel that your words are better than your silence.” ~ Buddha

Quotes on Anger Issues

91. “The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.” ~ John Tillotson
92. “If we could learn even a little to like ourselves, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.” ~ John Steinbeck
93. “The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.” ~ Dalai Lama
94. “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” ~ Solomon
95. “Anger manages everything badly.” ~ Johannes Stadius
96. “Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind.” ~ John Climacus
97. “A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build.” ~ Leon Brown
98. “Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.” ~ Marshall B. Rosenberg
99. “If a man be under the influence of anger, his conduct will not be correct.” ~ Confucius
100. “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” ~ James Thurber

Angry Quotes

101. “A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.” ~ Winston Churchill
102. “A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
103. “An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.” ~ Publilius Syrus
104. If you want to conquer the anger of others, live with them.” ~ Epictetus
105. “An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.” ~ Cato the Elder
106. “People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” ~ Stephen Hawking
107. “When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
108. “Angry people want you to see how powerful they are… loving people want you to see how powerful You are.” ~ Chief Red Eagle
109. “Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
110. “The best fighter is never angry.” ~ Lao Tzu

Anger Quotes

111. “If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.” ~ Peter McWilliams
112. “When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.” ~ Richard Savage
113. “As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.” ~ Rodney King
114. “I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.” ~ Yoko Ono
115. “Never anger made good guard for itself.” ~ William Shakespeare
116. “Anger… it’s a paralyzing emotion… you can’t get anything done.” ~ Toni Morrison
117. Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.” ~ Zora Neale Hurston
118. “Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.” ~ Christian D. Larson
119. “Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.” ~ Democritus
120. “Anger becomes limiting, restricting. You can’t see through it. While anger is there, look at that, too. But after a while, you have to look at something else.” ~ Thylias Moss

Anger Positive Quotes

121. “A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.” ~ David O. McKay
122. “Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.” ~ William Shakespeare
123. “When a person’s speech is full of anger, it is because he or she suffers deeply.”~ Thich Nhat Hanh
124. “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” ~ Thomas Kempis
125. “Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.” ~ Allan Lokos

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