Resentment Quotes

428 quotes by 337 authors

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see… — Henry B. Eyring
The key is never, never work. Nothing is more aging than work. It's not only the strain of getting up in the morning for work,… — Quentin Crisp
As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. — Friedrich Nietzsche
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is… — Wendy Mass
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment… — Kurt Vonnegut
Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that… — Bell Hooks
[S]omething inside us, the feeling of resentment, the feeling that wants to get one's own back, must be simply killed. I do not mean that… — C.S. Lewis
â€¦feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it… — Pema Chodron
We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old… — C.S. Lewis
Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost… — Joel Osteen
Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life,… — Rick Warren
If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride,… — Rick Warren
The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Expectations are resentments under construction. — Anne Lamott
Until that moment, I hadnâ€™t realized that I embarked on the project of touring historic sites and monuments having to do with the assassinations of… — Sarah Vowell
If art is not to be life-enhancing, what is it to be? Half the world is feminine--why is there resentment at a female-oriented art? Nobody… — May Sarton
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. — Nelson Mandela
Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of… — Paul Valery
All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resent domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger. — Isaac Asimov

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