“Inspiration knocks now and again, but spite bangs on the door all year long.” — T. Kingfisher Copy Share Image
In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Withholding love is a bit like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
“Spite is anger which is afraid to show itself, it is an impotent fury conscious of its impotence.” — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
In spite of all the terrible things that happen in our world, hope can - and must - prevail. — Anne Fontaine Copy Share Image
Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The patient, treated on the fashionable theory, sometimes gets well in spite of the medicine. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I believe that all women of working ages and physical capacity, regardless of income, should be expected to earn their livings either… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
“Know this, Hazard,” he edged out, ignoring Hazard’s enthusiastic glare. “I’ll kick your ass if you piss me off any more.” Jesse… — J.R. Lenk Copy Share Image
I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
All my laurels you have riven away, and my roses; yet in spite of you, there is one crown I bear away… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole apparatus of using loyalty-security hearings for working off personal political spite has been firmly established as a part of our… — Edward Condon Copy Share Image
Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
There is no ground whatever for the claim, so often made by religious apologists, that these ideals are specifically Christian and originated… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
“I'd take cyanide no problem if it was that or throwing a cat out in the street, even a moth-eaten, mangy, caterwauling… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
I made lasagna for dinner," Tamsyn called out. "That work for you?" He continued to look at her, as if he'd drink… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Our contemporary Western society, in spite of its material, intellectual and political progress, is increasingly less conducive to mental health, and tends… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
When my conscience under the Holy Spirit makes me aware of a specific sin I should at once call that sin sin… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“[W]e all incline in astonishingly personal ways to idiocy and spite” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We accomplish what we do in our lives in spite of the joy stealers. — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
The courageous man is the man who forces himself, in spite of his fear, to carry on. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
“When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.” — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to have had a mother and father who loved me in spite of my failings. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed. — Dhirubhai Ambani Copy Share Image
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