Spite Quotes

844 quotes by 668 authors

Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It… — Phillips Brooks
In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find… — Jane Welsh Carlyle
Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine! — Lawrence Durrell
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. — Denis Waitley
Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering. — Dag Hammarskjold
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with… — Winston Churchill
Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust… — Frank Borman
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to… — Phillips Brooks
The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise. — Miguel de Cervantes
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. — Louis Auchincloss
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who commits… — Christopher Reeve
In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh.… — Ambrose Bierce
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear. — M. Scott Peck
You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The Lord God is… — Swami Vivekananda
One farmer says to me, "You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make the bones with;" and so he religiously… — Henry David Thoreau
There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature. — Luc de Clapiers
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all someday look back on our… — Hunter S. Thompson

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