Resentment Quotes

Resentment is like taking poison in hopes that your enemy will die.

You can't sustain [anger]. You become bitter. Nothing's going to change. Anger leads to resentment, then to spiking your orange juice, then to martyrdom.

The human mind is utterly stupid when it carries, quite willingly, the heavy burden of resentment.

There is a terrible, mean American resentment toward a writer who tries to do many things.

When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.

There are no justified resentments.

[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy.

Never dwell in resentment, but never forget to learn from the reflection.

Anger is a fire of resentment which will burn the bearer and not the receiver.

It's a tiring game resenting the scars and the fearful memories.

Anger is the fuel of resentment which can burn for a lifetime.

Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.

The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful.

Can I help you?" he said, in a manner which indicated very clearly that not only did he not wish to help them, but also that he resented the implication that he ought to

The elimination diet:Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry.Then watch your health, and life, improve.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble.

Resentment lies in the heart of fools.

Resentment leads to rude behaviour.

Beware of those who are bitter, for they will never allow you to enjoy your fruit.

Your body would not get sick if you held no thought of resentment. It is neither good nor bad of itself. If we hold anything against anyone, we will suffer ourselves.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them.

At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you'll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.

Forgiveness is the way we break the grip that long-held resentments have on our hearts.

It's too late when I realize that my love for you is as wide as the sea.

Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.

We will not be able to find peace if our minds are burning with the fires of resentment. Let us forgive and forget to create peace.

The worst enemy in life is resentment.

You can never win resentment with an argument—only love can do that.

To forgive is to be free from past resentment to welcome the dawn of peace.

When the waves of love, extinguish the fire of resentment, then the dawn of peace on earth will begin.

Pain will never lessen without forgiveness, it will only manifest as anger and harden into resentment or bitterness.

The opinion of success matters more than the opinions of your critics.

Resentment is the little fire that can transform and destroy the world by becoming a wildfire.

He said he was going to fix everything and I believed him. But I believed him before and again some. And I guess I got lost in the resentment of disbelief.

Here and there a man respected the operator. Instinctively the man felt in him a glowing resentment of something he had not the courage to resent.

Don't let this consume you. Try not to blame me. Don't live in hate. Or grief. Just live.

With resentment, hearts burn in the fire of hatred. With forgiveness, hearts dance with pure joy.

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.

Impatience, resentment, jealousy and endless "want" are not creative attractors and have no value.

In order to bring down the great, you have to be able to reach the stars.

You have not accomplished anything significant if no one envies you.

To be envied for your giftedness is better than to be accepted for your untalentedness.

Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.

Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness.

The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy.

Forgiveness is strength.The strength to move ahead without any resentment.

...frankly, many times, the people that we resent either have no idea about it or could care less.