Drinking Poison Quotes

• Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

  Nelson Mandela

  Forgiveness, Letting Go, Spiritual

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• Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

  Carrie Fisher

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

  Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.

  Nancy Astor

  Husband, Drinking, Beer

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• When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.

  Elizabeth I

  Drinking, Poison, Disease

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• If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee.

  Nancy Astor

  Coffee, Wife, Poison

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• A wise person once wrote, “Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person would die.” But the only one dying is ourselves.

  Debbie Ford

  Wise, Drinking, Dying

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• Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christian, Drinking, Enemy

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• Hanging on to a resentment, someone once said, is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill someone else.

  Alice May

  Drinking, Poison, Hanging On

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• Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick.

  Gary Smalley

  Drinking, Sick, Forgiving

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• You're in a bar - grow up. You're drinking poison. You're trying to have sex unsafely with someone you don't know. Is secondhand smoke really the chiefest of your health concerns at this point?

  Greg Proops

  Sex, Growing Up, Drinking

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