Resentment Quotes

428 quotes by 337 authors

Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and… — Marion D. Hanks
Appreciation is the oil that lubricates life and keeps your wheels turning easily and freely. Without appreciation, your wheels will still spin, but they are… — Sue Thoele
Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if… — James Hunter
It's easy to whip up resentment against anything that smacks with authority. Nobody ever organizes over pan handlers. So even if a cop is black,… — Greg Gutfeld
To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good. — Desmond Tutu
To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols resentment as a… — Eric Hoffer
Wine heightens indifference into love, love into jealousy, and jealousy into madness. It often turns the good-natured man into an idiot, and the choleric into… — Joseph Addison
Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes… — Blaise Pascal
Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her… — Abigail Van Buren
It feels much nobler to feel guilty than resentful, and it takes more courage to express resentment than guilt. With expressing guilt you expect to… — Frederick Salomon Perls
Democrats don't have reasons for people to vote for them. They're just trying to gin up anger and resentment for their opposition. And it's just… — Rush Limbaugh
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure. — Max Roach
Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this… — Richard Roeper
Decide to forgive: For resentment is negative; resentment is poisoning; resentment diminishes and devours the self. — Robert Muller
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they… — Norman Vincent Peale
The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to… — Lyndon B. Johnson
To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift… — Stanley Hauerwas
Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't use the gifts… — BrenÃ© Brown
White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside the Negro, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy or… — Jacob Needleman

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