Spite Quotes

844 quotes by 654 authors

I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by… — Shirley Chisholm
To rest the case for equal treatment of national or racial minorities on the assumption that they do not differ from other men is implicitly… — Friedrich August von Hayek
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the… — James Madison
No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far! — Charles de Gaulle
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. — Unknown Author
I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. And… — Ralph Ellison
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I was expected to… — Clarence Thomas
As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is… — Mahatma Gandhi
Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of… — Paul Auster
To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make… — Helen Keller
Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What… — George H. W. Bush
Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea,… — Andrew Bonar
John Colman Wood's The Names of Things is a thoughtful, patient, and ultimately rewarding book. It's about, among many other things, the connections human beings… — Peter Orner
God uses us in spite of who we are, not because of it. — Andrew Wommack
In spite of my study, I have learned. Every grand religion begins in light. Yet only hearts hold light. Pages cannot. I have paper in… — Richard Bach
In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise. — Maya Angelou
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me. — Alfred de Musset
It is because the public are a mass inert, obtuse, and passive that they need to be shaken up from time to time so that… — Alfred Jarry
Courage is acting in spite of fear. — Howard W. Hunter

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