Spite Quotes

It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.

The poet will maintain serenity in spite of all disappointments. He is expected to preserve an unconcerned and healthy outlook over the world, while he lives.

After all we are merely the servants of the public, in spite of our M.D.'s and our hospital appointments.

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

More and more I feel like the boy who cut off his nose to spite his face.

In spite of all their kind some elements of worth With difficulty persist here and there on earth.

You must not think that I feel, in spite of it having ended in such defeat, that my "life has been wasted" here, or that I would exchange it with that of anyone I know.

It will be a beautiful family talk, mean and worried and full of sorrow and spite and excitement.

[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter.

In spite of the incident, my experience in Kansas City was wonderful and I thank all the warm and supportive people, including so many veterans, who came to welcome me last night.

In spite of the poor economy, almost 70 percent of Americans occasionally splurge on luxury items -- like a blanket on a plane, or a peanut.

To love is never just to love since it is also to will to love, and ... to love in spite of oneself, to allow oneself to be overcome by one's love.

Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself.

Do people think Swedes are cool? I think they think you're cool in spite of you being Swedish. But the good thing with being Swedish is that we're melancholic.

The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value.

Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

Maine's motto is "Vacationland," but as far as I'm concerned, it should be, "Maine: Putting the 'spite' in hospitality since 1820."

In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.

Lose no time to contradict her, Nor endeavor to convict her; Only take this rule along, Always to advise her wrong, And reprove her when she's right; She may then grow wise for spite.

I write a thousand words a day. Nothing will stop me, I mean nothing, until the book is finished. I'm disciplined in spite of myself.

Yet I will make you all love me and I will punish myself to spite your love.

I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must still try to learn from history. History is ourselves.

Now we notice that Mars doesn't have any atmosphere either and won't support life. In spite of the fact that it turns green and red and purple with the seasons, it doesn't support life.

But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised to mathematical principles.

In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this is that the conception of art has been based on the conception of beauty.

In spite of the existence of the Soviet Union, however, the proletarian revolution during the past years has not recorded a victory in any other country.

I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the moon, in spite of the want of atmosphere.

All art, in spite of the struggles of some critics to prove otherwise, is based on emotion and projects emotion.

My body loves my in spite of how I may treat it. My body communicates with me, and I now listen to its messages. I am willing to GET the message.

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.

Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.

Organized religious institutions are in for a huge transformation, for the simple reason that people have become genuinely religious in spite of them.

Sanity -- that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern, in spite of its variety and power.

The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations

Is it not enough to make me come back to life out of spite, to have someone who spat in my face while I existed come and rub my feet when I am beginning to exist no longer?

There is a remedy for everything but death; who, in spite of our teeth, will take us in his clutches.

The art of dying graciously is nowhere advertised, in spite of the fact that its market potential is great.

Obama is running again for spite.

They signed the unwind order just to spite each other,but laugh,laugh,laugh,Hayden, because if you ever stop laughing,it might just tear you apart worse than a Chop Shop.

For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...

You can’t bite your nose off to spite your face.

My inner peace remains in spite of any outward thing. Only insofar as I remain in harmony can I draw others into harmony, and so much more harmony is needed before the world can find peace.

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.