--- title: "4 Bitterness Quotes By Richard Walters" description: "4 Bitterness quotes by Richard Walters. Plus more from Richard Walters and more Bitterness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/richard-walters-70015_ability_not-forgiving-prolongs-hurt-and-anger-an_26758.jpg" --- > [Not forgiving prolongs hurt and anger and leads to smoldering resentment, which will make us miserable until it kills us. Resentment destroys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/not-forgiving-prolongs-hurt-and-anger-and-leads-to-smoldering/) Richard Walters [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/richard-walters-70015_ability_not-forgiving-prolongs-hurt-and-anger-an_26758.jpg) > [What is forgiving? Forgiving is giving up all claim on one who had hurt you and letting go of the emotional consequences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/what-is-forgiving-forgiving-is-giving-up-all-claim-on-one-who-had/) Richard Walters [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/richard-walters-70015_accomplish_what-is-forgiving-forgiving-is-giving-up_1872459.jpg) > [There comes a time in every relationship when it's damaging to seek justice, when settling the score only stirs the fire. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/there-comes-a-time-in-every-relationship-when-it-s-damaging-to-seek/) Richard Walters [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/richard-walters-70015_accepting_there-comes-a-time-in-every-relationship_2931042.jpg) > [We have a stewardship responsibility to keep ourselves healthy physically and emotionally. If we don't, we cannot carry out our obligations to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/we-have-a-stewardship-responsibility-to-keep-ourselves-healthy/) Richard Walters [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/richard-walters-70015_abuse_we-have-a-stewardship-responsibility-to_3175923.jpg) ## Other authors on Bitterness - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sonya-parker-86224.jpg) Sonya Parker 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/sonya-parker/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/suzy-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/paulo-coelho/) - [Maya Angelou 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/maya-angelou/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/virginia-woolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lewis-b-smedes-60008.jpg) Lewis B. Smedes 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/lewis-b-smedes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-steinbeck-52314.jpg) John Steinbeck 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/john-steinbeck/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-lucado-65870.jpg) Max Lucado 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/max-lucado/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/albert-einstein/) ## More by Richard Walters > [Not forgiving prolongs hurt and anger and leads to smoldering resentment, which will make us miserable until it kills us. Resentment destroys the perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/not-forgiving-prolongs-hurt-and-anger-and-leads-to-smoldering/) Richard Walters > [What is forgiving? Forgiving is giving up all claim on one who had hurt you and letting go of the emotional consequences of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/what-is-forgiving-forgiving-is-giving-up-all-claim-on-one-who-had/) Richard Walters > [There comes a time in every relationship when it's damaging to seek justice, when settling the score only stirs the fire. There comes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/there-comes-a-time-in-every-relationship-when-it-s-damaging-to-seek/) Richard Walters > [We have a stewardship responsibility to keep ourselves healthy physically and emotionally. If we don't, we cannot carry out our obligations to God, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-walters/we-have-a-stewardship-responsibility-to-keep-ourselves-healthy/) Richard Walters ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitterness/richard-walters/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bitterness Quotes By Richard Walters", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Not forgiving prolongs hurt and anger and leads to smoldering resentment, which will make us miserable until it kills us. Resentment destroys the perception of reality. As we try to bend the world to accommodate our resentment, fear, and selfishness, we become less accurate in understanding the world. 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