Resentment Quotes
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"Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us."
"Beware of those who are bitter, for they will never allow you to enjoy your fruit."
"Resentment was the hinge of her personality."
"The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful."
"Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends."
"O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man who spreads kindness, peace and knowledge, over the one who spreads lies, fear and terror — and misuses His name."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Can I help you?" he said, in a manner which indicated very clearly that not only did he not wish to help them, but also that he resented the implication that he ought to"
"The elimination diet:Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry.Then watch your health, and life, improve."
Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
"Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free."
"Never dwell in resentment, but never forget to learn from the reflection."
"Bitterness and resentment are a bottomless well. They can only be healed by the phenomenon of someone else's sorrow rising to your level of pain... it never happens - save yourself endless hurt."
"Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all; who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us; who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly."
"Resentment lies in the heart of fools."
"Resentment leads to rude behaviour."
"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 you hold a candle close to you, keep all your plans, aspirations, projects, and dreams close to you too. Do not share your plans or goals until you complete them, because as you hold your candle away from you — envy, jealousy, and resentment may put out your flame before it grows."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Your body would not get sick if you held no thought of resentment. It is neither good nor bad of itself. If we hold anything against anyone, we will suffer ourselves."
"Time doesn't heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them."
"This is a day of celebration!Today, we are divorcing the pastand marrying the present.Dance,and you will find Godin every room.Today, we are divorcing resentmentand marrying forgiveness.Sing,and God will find you in every tune.Today, we are divorcing indifferenceand marrying love.Drink, and play that tambourine against your thighs.We have so much celebrating to do!"
"At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you'll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous."
"Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown. (Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33)"
"If we love someone deeply, be they friends, family or lovers, don’t treat the relationship like a playground game of back and forth or tit for tat. See it as a loving connection and let that be the basis of it all."
"Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices."
"Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours."
Shannon L. Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late
"Anger is a fire of resentment which will burn the bearer and not the receiver."
"The worst enemy in life is resentment."
"You can never win resentment with an argument—only love can do that."
"I eventually came to understand that in harboring the anger, the bitterness and resentment towards those that had hurt me, I was giving the reins of control over to them. Forgiving was not about accepting their words and deeds. Forgiving was about letting go and moving on with my life. In doing so, I had finally set myself free."
"Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion."
"Pain will never lessen without forgiveness, it will only manifest as anger and harden into resentment or bitterness."
"Without forgiveness and love, you will live with resentment, bitterness, malice and strife which result in more pain. You can never love without forgiving. Forgiveness deepens your ability to love and frees you from pain."
"They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now."
"Resentment is the little fire that can transform and destroy the world by becoming a wildfire."
"He said he was going to fix everything and I believed him. But I believed him before and again some. And I guess I got lost in the resentment of disbelief."
"Here and there a man respected the operator. Instinctively the man felt in him a glowing resentment of something he had not the courage to resent."
"Don't let this consume you. Try not to blame me. Don't live in hate. Or grief. Just live."
"No matter what you are dealing with in life, be it resentment or regret, bitterness or sadness, anger or apathy, hatred or hesitation, depression or disempowerment, disappointment or other destructive anxieties, painful envy or emotional turmoil, fear of isolation or thoughts of failure, keep in mind that if you are positive, positivity will find you and embrace you!"
"With resentment, hearts burn in the fire of hatred. With forgiveness, hearts dance with pure joy."
"Strange combination, isn't it--gratitude and resentment? But this is the way I think. Actually, I think everybody thinks that way. Even the children of the humans who died long ago, I think they lived their lives holding similar contradictory thoughts about their parents. They were raised to learn about love and death, and they lived out their lives passing from the sunny spots to the shady spots of this world."
"... Because the writer resented that she had turned to me I became the handsome and dazed narrator, incapable of love or kindness. That's how I became the damaged party boy who wandered through the wreckage, blood streaming from his nose, asking questions that never required answers. That's how I became the boy who never understood how anything worked. That's how I became the boy who wouldn't save a friend. That's how I became the boy who couldn't love the girl."
"He wasn't, I realized when I read those scenes concerning Blair and myself, close to any of us-- except of course to Blair, and really not even to her. He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all. But there was no point in being angry with him."
"Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist."
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
"Impatience, resentment, jealousy and endless "want" are not creative attractors and have no value."
Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
"Because thankfulness is the tonic that always cures the cancers of greed, envy and jealously, it should be taken in liberal doses daily."
"The negative feelings of anger, bitterness, guilt, regret, resentment, and sadness represent a failure of a person to accept that the past is an event that holds no power over the present. The thought that the future will bring salvation is an illusion. We must exist in the present."
"There comes a time in your life, when you are left with too many yesterdays and very less tomorrows. When you can look back and relive all the golden moments of your life. You would laugh thinking about your graduation day, or the teacher who changed your life, or how you met your soulmate. But then, you look ahead and you would realize that there is no future – no tomorrow to look forward to, and nothing to plan. Then what would you do? How would you go on and live a future that doesn't exist?"
"Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness."
"The author says that when an angry impulse is not immediately expressed, it turns to melancholy."
"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 you hold a candle close to you, keep all your plans, aspirations, projects, and dreams close to you too. Do not share your plans or goals until you complete them, because as you hold your candle away from you, your goals can shrink from the envious eyes of others. Animosity, jealousy and resentment can put out your flame before it grows."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Forgiveness is strength.The strength to move ahead without any resentment."
"The moment you start to resent a person,you become his or her slave.He controls your dreams, absorbs your thoughts,robs you of your peace of mind,and takes away the pleasure of your life.You can never have efficiency or happiness.He influences even the tone of your voice.So, if you want to be a slave, harbor your resentments.and don't want to Forgive and have Peace of Mind.The choice is yours !"
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