Spite Quotes

844 Spite quotes by 654 unique authors

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
Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it. — Sigmund Freud
Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them. — T. Harv Eker
What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has… — Rollo May
Any one who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the "anticipation of Nature," that… — Thomas Huxley
The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and… — Thomas Paine
Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like… — Sri Chinmoy
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in… — Clarence Darrow
The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don't seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose their grip;… — Charles R. Swindoll
Evolution is a blind giant who rolls a snowball down a hill. The ball is made of flakes-circumstances. They contribute to the mass without knowing… — Mark Twain
Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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