Bitterness Quote by Gary Smalley Download Open image “Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick.” — Gary Smalley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bitterness Counsellors Drinking Drinking poison Forgiveness Forgiving Forgiving Somebody Not forgiving Offender Sick Offenders Poison Poison Hoping Sick
In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Refusing to forgive someone is like drinking poison, and waiting for the other person to die. — VishEmo Copy Share Image
If forgiving depended on the culprit owning up, then the victim would always be at the mercy of the perpetrator. The victim would be… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
To not forgive is to drink a little poison each day and expect the other person to die. — Mary Morrissey Copy Share Image
Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Living life without forgiveness is like drinking poison, and waiting for the other person to die. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Forgiving someone is the act of great courage. Which not everyone has the competence to do. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you. — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
“What’s the saying? Not forgiving someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” — Lisa Genova Copy Share Image
-In a way, forgiving is only for the brave. It is for those people who are willing to confront their pain, accept themselves as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Forgiving doesn't make the person who hurt you feel better, it makes you feel better. — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions. — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
“every aspect of a woman’s emotional and physical existence is dependent on the romantic love she receives from her husband, says Dr. James Dobson.” — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
How do you show up for your relationships? Are you healthy or crippled? Are you prepared or needy? Are you ready to give or… — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit.… — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
“When we honor someone we give that person a highly respected position in our lives. Honor goes hand in glove with love, a verb… — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
“Children raised in a couple-centered home more fully understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. God’s love manifested in marriage speaks more to kids than… — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
Forgiveness involves pardon. Basically, that is like erasing their offenses toward us from a marking board. We immediately wash their offenses away like a… — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
May God's richest blessings be upon you both today and throughout the year and may those blessings flow through you to touch the lives… — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
Make it your goal to create a marriage that feels like the safest place on earth. — Gary Smalley Copy Share Image
You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If Japanese tea 'stands,' it acquires a coarse bitterness and an unwholesome astringency. Milk and sugar are not used. — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love! — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
“What?" I ask. I try not to get snappy with her. She hasn't really done anything wrong. Falling in love with Turner isn't a… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose’s scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose. —Francis… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
Forgiving someone who've done you wrong or didn't treat you right could mean that you are allowing yourself to end up away from bitterness. — April T Pascua Copy Share Image
You cannot be inspired if you are surrounded with negativity, open the door and step into the inspirational garden of nature. Do not let… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's… — Lena Horne Copy Share Image
Not forgiving prolongs hurt and anger and leads to smoldering resentment, which will make us miserable until it kills us. Resentment destroys the perception… — Richard Walters Copy Share Image
Let us not give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image