30 quotes on anger management from various authors and other sources:



  1. “In a moment of anger, you can destroy a lifetime of work.” - Unknown

  2. “Anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.” - Lawrence Douglas Wilder

  3. “The best fighter is never angry.” - Lao Tzu

  4. “Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.” - Unknown

  5. “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

  6. “If you get angry, you will lose yourself, and if you lose yourself, you will lose everything.” - Imam Ali

  7. “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

  8. “Anger is one letter short of danger.” - Unknown

  9. “Anger is the wind that blows out the lamp of the mind.” - Robert Green Ingersoll

  10. “When anger rises, think of the consequences.” - Confucius

  11. “Anger is a natural response to frustration, but you have to learn to control it.” - Unknown

  12. “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” - Ambrose Bierce

  13. “Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” - Evan Esar

  14. “The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.” - Barbara De Angelis

  15. “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.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

  16. “Anger is a brief madness.” - Horace

  17. “When anger use you, you lose.” - Unknown

  18. “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.” - Bible, Proverbs 14:29

  19. “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

  20. “An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.” - Cato the Elder

  21. “Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.” - Dalai Lama

  22. “Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.” - Mahatma Gandhi

  23. “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, that is not easy.” - Aristotle

  24. “Anger is a sign of weakness, patience is a sign of strength.” - Unknown

  25. “Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.” - Unknown

  26. “He who angers you conquers you.” - Elizabeth Kenny

  27. “Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.” - Benjamin Franklin

  28. “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” - Seneca

  29. “Anger is only one letter short of danger.” - Unknown

  30. “Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” - Robert G. Ingersoll