Anger often makes problems worse instead of solving them.
It’s important to understand whether you’re mad at a person or a problem and if your anger isn’t preventing issues then maybe the approach needs changing.
Reacting to someone’s provocation only lets them control your emotions. Anger can be harmful in the workplace too making anger management crucial.
It’s a skill that helps employees be more mindful. Remember “Temper’s the one thing you can’t get rid of by losing it.”
If your anger is frequent and intense it could be a sign of deeper issues. There are three types of anger: aggressive passive and assertive.
Walking away when angry can help. Quotes like “Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die” show how self-destructive anger can be.
Managing anger is beneficial not just for you but for those around you as holding onto anger is harmful and unwise.
Here are some of the best anger management quotes.
Anger Management Quotes
Angry people are not always wise. ~ Jane Austen.
Not being outraged by anything is a superpower. ~ James Pierce.
Sometimes, it took seconds to control your anger, only to avoid the state of eternal feud. ~ Toba Beta.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. ~ George Eliot.
The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, is that which rages in the place of dearest love. ~ Euripides.
People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. ~ Stephen Hawking.
One’s anger is one’s greatest enemy and one’s calmness is one’s protection. ~ Sathya Sai Baba
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. ~ Thomas Paine.
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence. ~ Dalai Lama
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll.
Anger is a bad counselor. ~ French Proverb.
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses. ~ William Arthur Ward.
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Quotes about Anger Management
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
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. ~ Chérie Carter-Scott.
If a man be under the influence of anger, his conduct will not be correct. ~ Confucius
Never anger made good guard for itself. ~ William Shakespeare
If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it’s ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb your peace, and carry on. ~ Germany Kent.
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need. ~ Marshall B. Rosenberg
Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, What else could this mean? ~ Shannon L. Alder.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~ Chinese Proverb.
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.
Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. ~ Roy T. Bennett.
If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return. ~ Deepak Chopra
Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind. ~ Evan Esar
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. ~ Winston Churchill.
If you hate a person, then you’re defeated by them. ~ Confucius.
A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions. ~ David O. McKay
The best fighter is never angry. ~ Lao Tzu.
Insightful Anger Management Quotes
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
Patience and empathy are anger’s mortal enemies. ~ Gary Rudz.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. ~ Benjamin Franklin.
Calm is the best revenge. ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana.
Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other. ~ Stephen Richards.
An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure. ~ Genghis Khan
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
If you kick a stone in anger, you’ll hurt your own foot. ~ Korean Proverb
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
Everyone asks how to deal with anger when it arises. No one asks how to prevent anger from arising. ~ James Pierce
When anger rises, think of the consequences. ~ Confucius
Be too big for worry and too noble for anger. ~ Christian D. Larson
Free your hearts of anxiety, pain and anger, to have peace within your heart and soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita.
For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Anger is a boomerang. ~ Karen Salmansohn.
Expressing anger is a form of public littering. ~ Willard Gaylin.
Best Anger Management Quotes
It is not the actions of others which trouble us, but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. ~ Marcus Aurelius.
Angry people want you to see how powerful they are… loving people want you to see how powerful You are. ~ Chief Red Eagle
You are not the anger, you are the awareness behind the anger. Realize this and the anger will no longer control you. ~ Eckhart Tolle.
When you want to become free, your righteousness and anger are much less interesting than they used to be. ~ Ram Dass.
Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness. ~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. ~ Yoda.
Anger manages everything badly. ~ Johannes Stadius
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.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. ~ Maya Angelou.
Anger… it’s a paralyzing emotion… you can’t get anything done. ~ Toni Morrison
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
There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively. ~ Wayne Dyer.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ~ Plato.
Famous Anger Management Quotes
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:9
Speak when you are angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret. ~ Ambrose Bierce.
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.
Getting angry in a stressful situation is like trying to clean something with dirt. ~ Urbanky Aurel Petru.
Hatred is inveterate anger. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Anger makes us feel so isolated. ~ Fred Rogers.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. ~ Baltasar Gracian.
Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind. ~ John Climacus
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. ~ Solomon
Top Anger Management Quotes
Anger always comes from frustrated expectations. ~ Elliott Larson.
Get mad, then get over it. ~ Colin Powell
Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent’s blade. ~ Patricia Briggs.
Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. ~ Leo Buscaglia.
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.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. ~ Buddha.
Do not plunge thyself too far in anger. ~ William Shakespeare
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.
When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. ~ Thomas Jefferson.
I hope these quotes on anger management will help to take control of anger and be calm and positive in life.
