Quotes on Anger

Last updated on January 15th, 2025

I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.— Chris Hayes

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.— William Congreve

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.— Sallust

People say that if you’re still angry at 52, you’re not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.— Paul Weller

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.— Henry Ward Beecher

I have to ask Allah’s forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it’s not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.— Abdul Qadeer Khan

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.— Douglas Adams

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.— Martin Luther

If I cry, it’s because I’m very angry and I can’t do anything about it because I’ve run into a dead end. That’s when the tears would come down.— Rihanna

There’s no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there’s no excuse for boredom, ever.— Viggo Mortensen

I was an angry, angry child at times.— Orlando Bloom

Anger does not solve problems – anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, ‘Don’t make important decisions when you’re angry.— Lionel Sosa

I’m normally not really an angry person. Maybe some other people have a different opinion.— Max Verstappen

I get angry at a principle, not a person.— Norman Schwarzkopf

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.— Alexander Pope

Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It’s not anger, it’s motivation.— Roger Clemens

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.— John Ruskin

I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.— Amy Winehouse

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.— James Fallows

I don’t usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it’s true – I’m scary.— Eva Mendes

And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I’m a beautiful, black butterfly.— Tracy Morgan

I’m too mature to be angry.— Jesse Jackson

I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it.— Sofia Vergara

No Facebook status is as worrying as a vote and no tweet is as noticeable as an angry cry from a crowd outside a government building.— Hozier

People think I’m this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage.— Spike Lee

No person is important enough to make me angry.— Thomas Carlyle

Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it’s just death.— Lena Horne

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.— Christopher Morley

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.— Stephen Hawking

There’s a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn’t nice, but grumpy is funny.— Rick Wakeman

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 a Kempis

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?— Sydney J. Harris

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.— Henry Ward Beecher

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.— Epictetus

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.— Publilius Syrus

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.— Thomas Jefferson

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.— Ralph Waldo Emerson

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.— Publilius Syrus

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.— William P. Young

When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry.— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Nobody’s angry all the time, unless you’re a psycho.— Brian Azzarello

An angry player can’t argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.— Bill Klem

I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it’s a natural thing.— Elvis Presley

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.— Frank Herbert

Speak when you are angry – and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.— Laurence J. Peter

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don’t talk back, they don’t sue, and they don’t have angry relatives.— Ron Chernow

War can be fun for certain people. It’s a magnet for sadists, losers, and angry dreamers.— Richard Engel

In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn’t raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It’s a very angry sky.— Colin Hay

As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.— Sam Harris

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.— Bede Jarrett

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.— Satchel Paige

I get so angry. I just go through so many different patches in a game. It’s so hard for me to find that balance. It’s a tug-of-war all the time.— Nick Kyrgios

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.— Richard M. Nixon

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement is never just.— D. H. Lawrence

Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying or getting overly angry or to maintain control.— Dennis Haysbert

Whatever is making you so angry, it’s time for you to give it to God and get over it.— Joyce Meyer

Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.— Bernice King

I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.— Nawal El Saadawi

It doesn’t take much to make me angry.— Christopher Hitchens

The line between angry young woman and grumpy old lady is very fine.-Judy Horacek

I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.— Daniel Bell

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.— Joe Biden

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t angry some days. But I really have worked hard to put a lot of the anger and disappointment in the past.— Monica Lewinsky

Being angry is like picking up a knife with no handle: it is self-harming.— Koo Stark

A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.— Marlene Dietrich

I don’t care if you will get angry with me, but I am not open to a compromise. Contractualization must go. It is anti-people.— Rodrigo Duterte

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.— Euripides

It’s practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.— Joe Moore

People don’t know that when there is something running in my mind, I start smiling. If I’m angry, I smile and blush.— Hansika Motwani

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

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?— Margaret Smith

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.— Saint Francis de Sales

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.— Frank Moore Colby

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.— Seneca

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.— Dennis Prager

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.— Robert Anton Wilson

Sometimes I’m crotchety, angry, curmudgeonly – you know, I do have that side. I don’t always show it.— Ralph Macchio

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.— Thomas Fuller

I’m always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.— Thandie Newton

Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.— P. J. O’Rourke

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.— William Hazlitt

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.— Monty Don

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.— Lena Horne

Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it’s hard to be angry when you are listening to music.— Jerry Reed

I think being angry is what keeps me motivated.— CM Punk

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.— David Lloyd George

The biggest lessons I’ve learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn’t the one who was angry.— Evan Rachel Wood

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!— Joel Osteen

One should not lose one’s temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.— William Butler Yeats

I naturally have a me-against-the-world mentality, and I’ve been fighting it since I was 13. It’s felt like it’s only gotten me in lonely, angry places.— Timothee Chalamet

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.— Sigmund Freud

I’m a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.— Joss Whedon

When I lose a big game, I am angry and always in a bad mood, and I will talk about other stuff to bring attention away from my team also.— Thomas Tuchel

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.— Thich Nhat Hanh

If you can’t laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.— Johanna Lindsey

Don’t eat because you’re angry, bored, sad, or stressed.— John Rampton

I get angry about things, then go on and work.— Toni Morrison

I was very disturbed to find that a few people were angry at my weight loss.— Missy Elliott

To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something.— Tucker Carlson

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

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It’s a form of self-help.— Brian K. Vaughan

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.— Joel Osteen

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.— Terry Pratchett

I’m not angry; I write about angry characters. When I’m doing that, I’m happy. Just like when I’m writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I’m not feeling lustful; I’m happy.— Philip Roth

I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut – or get angry from the gut.— Andy Kaufman

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.— James Russell Lowell

I love public transportation! Who wants to sit in a car and be angry at other drivers for eight hours? I’d rather sit on a bus or train and read a book.— Hong Chau

A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don’t understand it.— Michael Heizer

The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.— Robert Fisk

You can stay angry at someone who hurt you. Or you can get busy doing your visions and changing our world. But you don’t get to do both.— Robin S. Sharma

Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.— Don Miguel Ruiz

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.— Samuel Richardson

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.— Ang Lee

You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off.— Jim Lehrer

I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.— Oriana Fallaci

If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.— Arundhati Roy

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that’s what keeps me going. I want to do my best.— Matteo Manassero

I’m a happy person but an angry citizen.— Lewis Black

I’ll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father.— Thomas Campbell

I don’t work more than 8 hours a day. At times, people get angry with me because of this, but I can’t work more than that.— Sushmita Sen

If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.— Grace Jones

Obama’s an angry guy. He’s got a chip on his shoulder.— Rush Limbaugh

I’m only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an actor and not a beauty pageant winner.— Jude Law

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.— Charles de Gaulle

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.— Alfred A. Montapert

I have a friend who says, ‘The world doesn’t need another angry dwarf!’— Peter Dinklage

You can’t just be crass without being witty. Angry crass is horrible.— Ali Wong

At Newcastle, I had a team at the bottom of the table with a crowd that was very angry at what had gone on at the club for a period of time.— Alan Pardew

I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war.— John Edward Christopher Hill

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.— Mark Twain

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.— William Blake

Anger is not an accepted thing for women. And, you know, I do get angry. I feel it’s a very honest emotion.— Rosamund Pike

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.— W. Somerset Maugham