Constructive Anger Quotes

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 and is not easy.

The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended.

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.

Sometimes we equate anger to destructive physical violence, but anger need not be martial.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

When I get angry, it's with purpose. My purpose is to solve a problem. And I never lose sight of that.

What's wrong with being angry? There's a lot of stuff to be angry about. If you're angry, anger covers pain. I don't know if you can truly deal with pain.

Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.

Anger, if used properly, might be for a cause, like helping feed children or stopping abuse somewhere. When we understand that every quality has importance and value, then we open up to this. Shining a light on these shadow qualities gives it balance.

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.

Anger - use it, but don't lose it!

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

I think anger is a good thing.

A little righteous anger really brings out the best in the American personality. Our nation was born when 56 patriots got mad enough to sign the Declaration of Independence. We put a man on the moon because Sputnik made us mad at being number two in space. Getting mad in a constructive way is good for the soul- and the country.

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

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society?

I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation.

I'd rather be an angry optimist than an angry nihilist.

Anger is so constructive.

It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds.

Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.

I think everybody who really wants to change things has to allow themselves to be angry in a constructive way, and you have to fully understand the thing you're trying to change. We really need to get serious about this now; there needs to be real, effective programs. I think there needs to be a little bit more strategy involved and a little more realism, to be pragmatic and realistic, looking at the way we as women contribute to the problem. Once the second half of the population stops doing it, it's going to end.

One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.