Resentment Quotes

428 quotes by 344 authors

I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment. — John Fowles
Most people prefer to think that their resentment is entirely the fault of the person they resent, and that twisted logic seems to make sense… — Catherine Ryan Hyde
Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will… — A.S.A. Harrison
Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of control.… — Eckhart Tolle
What we don't recognize is that holding onto resentment is like holding onto your breath. You'll soon start to suffocate. — Deepak Chopra
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is… — Catherine Ponder
Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. — Roberto Assagioli
Forgiving is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means looking at some slight you feel,… — Jimmy Carter
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations, and resentments flit… — Mark Twain
The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war allies. — Richard Perle
The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the… — Eric Hoffer
A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is… — E. Stanley Jones
Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. — Ben Elton
Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will… — Jack Kornfield
Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments — Confucius
Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not… — Susana Martinez
The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep. — Louis Gossett, Jr.
Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax… — George Will
As I get older, I find myself getting angrier and angrier. Doubtless, change itself, not to mention physical decline and inevitable petty tragedies of disappointed… — William T. Vollmann
Election Day 2010 saw the culmination of years of aggravation and resentment toward a federal government that became disconnected and disdainful of the values and… — George Allen

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