Bitterness Quotes

672 quotes by 507 authors

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this… — Marcus Aurelius
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. — Francis Bacon
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. — Francis Bacon
Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. — Joseph Addison
There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds. — Allen Boyd
People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter… — Jo Brand
I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly acceptable to make… — Jo Brand
Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. — Terry Brooks
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses. — Robert Burton
How hard, how bitter it is to become a man! — Albert Camus
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. — Chanakya
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. — Maya Angelou
Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and faster, and be… — Zig Ziglar
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of… — Vilayat Inayat Khan
Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is… — Horace
It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
He did not mean to depress us, rather to free us from expectations which inspire bitterness. It is consoling, when love has let us down,… — Alain de Botton
As we pour out our bitterness, God pours in his peace. — F B Meyer

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