«Anger is one letter short of danger.» – Eleanor Roosevelt
«Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.» – Buddha
«Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.» – Ambrose Bierce
«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
«The greatest remedy for anger is delay.» – Seneca
Managing & Overcoming Anger
«For every minute you remain angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.» – Ralph Waldo Emerson
«You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.» – Buddha
«Anger doesn’t solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.» – Lawrence Douglas Wilder
«Never reply when you are angry. Never make a promise when you are happy. Never make a decision when you are sad.» – Unknown
«He who angers you controls you.» – Unknown
Anger & Relationships
«When anger rises, think of the consequences.» – Confucius
«A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves a thousand moments of regret.» – Ali Ibn Abi Talib
«An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.» – Mahatma Gandhi
«The best fighter is never angry.» – Lao Tzu
«Don’t mix bad words with a bad mood. You’ll have many opportunities to change your mood, but you’ll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke.» – Unknown
Wisdom & Perspective on Anger
«People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.» – Stephen Hawking
«Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.» – George William Curtis
«Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.» – Maya Angelou
«Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.» – James Baldwin
«Control your anger before it controls you.» – Unknown