Resentment Quotes

428 quotes by 347 authors

The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose. — Oswald Chambers
If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks. The same way… — Suzy Kassem
I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem… — Vincent de Paul
To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter his gracious light. — Richard J. Foster
Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles… — Ayn Rand
The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir… — Sam Keen
Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger… — Robert Greene
American energy. . . is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural dislocations which must be, for the most… — Susan Sontag
What are you going to do? Are you going to keep looking backwards, full of anger, resentment and unfulfilled desire. Or are you going to… — Leonard Jacobson
In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on envy, resentment and… — Thomas Sowell
When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly. — John Avlon
My sister stood up, trembling, and I must admit that I expected her familiar sneer to have taken its usual place on her face. But… — J. Robert Lennon
Iâ€™m not very creativeâ€ doesnâ€™t work. Thereâ€™s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and… — BrenÃ© Brown
He was too tough to experience disappointments and resentments - negative affections. In this nihilist fin de siÃ¨cle, he was affirmation. Right through to illness… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned… — William Safire
When we hold onto the negative in ourselves it comes with endless guilt. We hold onto a lifetime of floating visions and regrets about what… — Jennifer James
Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that. — Dorothy Dunnett
Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist. — Mignon McLaughlin
The sense of inferiority inherent in the act of imitation breeds resentment. The impulse of the imitators is to overcome the model they imitate. — Eric Hoffer
America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a member of an… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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