Resentment Quotes · Page 7

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

— Anne Lamott

[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin.

— Gordon S. Wood

“I think resentment is when you take the poison and wait for the other person to die”

— Anonymous

“I know a thing about resentment: it is a poison you drink yourself, expecting others to die.”

— Karen Marie Moning

“Resentment-why, it is purification; it is a most stinging and painful consciousness!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

— Elbert Hubbard

“Having a resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die”

— Wendy Wunder

Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things.

— Marvin J. Ashton

We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don't see the requirement to upset people. You're…

— Ronnie Corbett

“He never had been good at arguing with women; they tapped into pools of resentment over slights that had steeped for years.”

— Martin Cruz Smith

“Life is too short for anger, resentment, hostility and "should have." It is too short to put off doing what brings you…

— Julie-Anne

Not everyone will support you. If you take every insult or rude slur of your fellow human beings personally, you will be…

— Anonymous

The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an…

— Craig T. Nelson

“With improved historical records, and easier access to them, we actually have better reasons for hating one another, for anger and violence…

— Richard Rohr

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

— Confucius

“My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.”

— Otsuichi

I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use…

— Brené Brown

Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to…

— Walter Cronkite

“People who are under the same hegemonic-for-the-time-being power become furtive. They drop comments to test one another. They feel out levels of…

— Stan Goff

Whether as a radical student, a community organizer or a far left politician, Barack Obama's ideology has been based on a vision…

— Thomas Sowell

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous.…

— Samuel Johnson

Every faculty in one man is the measure by which he judges of the like faculty in another. I judge of your…

— Adam Smith

If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is…

— Idris Elba

“If our research leads us to a result that reduces religion to the status of a neurosis of mankind and explains it's…

— Anonymous

You know, I have never seen the level of anger and frustration and resentment and even disgust among millions of Americans toward…

— Howard Kurtz

Forgiveness is the key to breaking the cycle of karma and reincarnation. Forgiveness doesn't mean: "What you did was okay." It simply…

— Doreen Virtue

As we forge deeper into this issue of forgiveness, we must be prepared to open up and discuss things that bother us…

— Anonymous

You don't realize that if you stop looking backwards craving the love and acceptance which you didn't receive from your parents, then…

— Leonard Jacobson

But Laila has decided that she will not be crippled by resentment. Mariam wouldn’t want it that way. ‘What’s the sense?’ she…

— Khaled Hosseini

One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is resentment at the sudden shared popularity of a…

— Stephen Fry

“Anger, resentment and disappointment, in most cases, can not exist in our lives without our expressed permission. An honest and sincere introspection…

— Jason Versey

I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a…

— Mary Todd Lincoln

Saying sorry often helped people move on from what can become a festering guilt or resentment.

— Mazher

There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.

— Kate Reardon

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

— Susana Martinez

Holding resentment is like eating poison and waiting for the other person to keel over.

— Anonymous

People carry around resentment for years! And that creates daily stress.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.

— Dorothy Dunnett

I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.

— Gilbert Arenas

As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.

— Elizabeth Gilbert