35 Quotes About Anger and Frustration

Forgiveness does not come easy to some. Suffering the wrath of someone else’s anger and frustration can leave you feeling hurt. These quotes about anger and frustration are perfect examples to the type of environment that is created.

“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.”

“A frustration I have is that a lot of people increasingly seem to equate an advertising business model with somehow being out of alignment with your customers. I think it’s the most ridiculous concept.”

“A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.”

“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.”

“Expectation is the mother of all frustration.”

“Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.”

“Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.”

“Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can’t understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.”

“Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.”

“I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.”

“I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.”

“I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.”

“I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.”

“If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.”

“I’m just generally hugely frustrated, I’m a very, very frustrated man. I’m just a ball of pent-up frustration.”

“It is clear to me that people often want incompatible things. They want danger and excitement on the one hand, and safety and security on the other, and often simultaneously. Contradictory desires mean that life can never be wholly satisfying or without frustration.”

“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.”

“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”

“Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.”

“My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.”

“My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.”

“Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.”

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

“People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.”

“Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget that’s actually not the point at the end of the day.”

“Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don’t have to riot. ”

“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.”

“The fear really hits you. That’s what you feel first. And then it’s the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself.”

“The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.”

“There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.”

“There is always frustration from people who work in schools that things keep changing but it is an unfortunate truth with the world of work changing as rapidly as it is, we do have to change.”

“Things never go the way you expect them to. That’s both the joy and frustration in life. I’m finding as I get older that I don’t mind, though. It’s the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don’t see coming.”

“When too many Americans don’t vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.”

“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.”

There are many ways to deal with frustration. Finding a method that keeps you calm is the most productive of them all.