It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
As a young victim of bullying and then, later, a vindictive perpetrator of violence myself, I've known both sides of this experience,… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to their extermination, men, women and children... during an assault, the soldiers… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
Anger is a violent emotion, vindictive, and as dangerous to he who is driven by it as to anyone on whom it… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive - but that was totally… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I mean, is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring'… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
The Bully has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction... — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We have to be irrational and vindictive, because that's going to frighten people. And we have to maintain this for years. And… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Since women do most delight in revenge, it may seem but feminine manhood to be vindictive. — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Charles Darwin [is my personal favorite Fellow of the Royal Society]. I suppose as a physical scientist I ought to have chosen… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
God is erratic, sometimes vindictive, sometimes merciful. The people I was taught were heroes - Jacob or Moses or David - were… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
The way the Establishment deals with people like me is to ignore them. When you become unignorable, they will try to smear… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
