Inspirational Words of Wisdom

Anger Quotes

May you find words of wisdom through out these inspirational anger quotes, sayings, and proverbs. May these quotes help you reflect on this emotion we call anger. Anger is an emotion that once provoked can raise feelings of rage and fury. Always remember the saying, "when you feel angry, count to ten before you do or say anything".

"Anger blows out the lamp of the mind."
Robert G. Ingersoll

“Holding on to anger only gives you tense muscles.”
Joan Lunden

"One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger."
Japanese Proverb

“Never answer a letter while you are angry.”
Chinese Proverb

“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
Thomas Jefferson

“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
Josh Billings

"Be too big for worry and too noble for anger."
Christian D. Larsen, from THE OPTIMIST CREED

"It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say."
James Whitcomb Riley

"He who angers you conquers you."
Elizabeth Kenny

"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."
Francis Bacon







"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
Marcus Aurelius

"If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful."
Zen master Yuanwu

"Put all hatred and anger aside for you will not reach the truth unless you reach for the loving spirit that resides within you."
M. Lee, from HAVE YOU EVER FOUND THE TRUTH...

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."
Chinese Proverb

"Anger is a bad advisor."
Czech Proverb

"Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do--or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds and angry people whenever I could. It's sound advice."
Walter Anderson"

"I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel."
Author Unknown, from I've Learned

"It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the poser to choose either."
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Seneca

"Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better."
Yanni

"You don't have to accept the invitation to get angry. Instead, practice forgiveness, empathy and encouragement."
Dan Fallon

"Anger is one letter short of danger Greatest remedy for anger is delay."br>Author Unknown, from The Road To Success is Always Under Construction

"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

"Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts."
Robert Fulghum

"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses."
William Arthur Ward

"It is easy to fly into a passion--anybody can do that--but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time with the right object and in the right way--that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it."
Aristotle

"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed."
Clarendon

"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."
Benjamin Franklin

"People say they wish they had my patience. I tell them I wasn't born with it. I had to learn it. Everybody has patience. Some of us just make better use of it than others."
Bruce Law

"Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest."
Proverb

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
Indira Gandhi

"Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score."
Bobby Hull

"..the H.A.L.T. method. Never make a decision when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired."
David DeNotaris

"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."
Proverb

"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

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
Yoda

"I was angered, for I had no shoes.
Then I met a man who had no feet."
Chinese Proverb

"It is your natural emotional energy that arises when you feel like something (or someone) is blocking you from getting what you need or want. For this purpose, anything on the frustration to rage continuum is considered anger."
Laurie Weiss, from Use Anger Productively: A 5 Step Process

"It's you, from the dawn to nighttime; you when the day is fair, you when the storm is raging - how do you face despair?"
Edgar A Guest, from What Counts

"Anger can be an expensive luxury."
Italian Proverb


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