Bitter Quotes - Page 18

• Swallow what's bitter in the cup and move on.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Wisdom, Moving, Cups

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• Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to opinion: the truth in real things is that there are atoms and void. 'By convention sweet', he says, 'by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention colour: but in reality atoms and void.'

  Sextus Empiricus

  Sweet, Real, Science

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• Do the people of the world not yet realize that by fighting on until the bitter end I am not only performing my sacred duty to my people, but standing guard in the last citadel of collective security? Are they too blind to see that I have my responsibilities to the whole of humanity to face? I must still hold on until my tardy allies appear. And if they never come, then I say prophetically and without bitterness: The West will perish.

  Haile Selassie

  Responsibility, Fighting, Civilization

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• Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.

  Omar Khayyam

  Fruit, Pleasure, Grapes

  Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Christopher Decker (1997). “Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition”, p.174, University of Virginia Press

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• I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

  Waris Dirie

  Regret, Grateful, Love Life

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• I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family... Such isolation is sometimes bitter, but I do not regret being cut off from the understanding and sympathy of other men. I lose something by it,to be sure, but I am compensated for it in being rendered independent of the customs, opinions and prejudices of others, and am not tempted to rest my peace of mind upon such shifting foundations.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Country, Regret

  Albert Einstein (1933). “The fight against war”

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• Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you.

  Ray Davies

  Inspirational, Behind You, Optimist

  Song: Better Things

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• I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Elves say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Fall, Loss

  Appendices to "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien,

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• You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an instant And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of"

  Jane Austen

  Happiness, Heart, Giving

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• Your so bitter, like kitty litter.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Revenge, Retribution, Kitty Litter

  Song: Mortal Combat, Album: It's a Big Daddy Thing

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• I wrap the potential for bitterness, resentment, martyrdom in the blanket of forgiveness and just set it down. Then it just melts in the warmth. And goes away.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Bitterness, Resentment, Blanket

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.97, Conari Press

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• You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me, an extremely bitter, cynical person that I hate to see in the mirror, really.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Hate, Mirrors, Cynical

  "Marjane Satrapi: 'A Real Love Story Has To Finish Bad'". Interview with Scott Simon, www.krvs.org. August 18, 2012.

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• So death obscures your gentle form, So memory strives to make the darkness bright; And, in that heap of rocks, your body lies, Part of the island till the planet ends, My gentle comrade, beautiful and wise, Part of this crag this bitter surge offends, While I, who pass, a little obscure thing, War with this force, and breathe, and am its king.

  John Masefield

  Beautiful, Wise, Kings

  John Masefield, Margaret Bridges, Donald Elwin Stanford (1984). “Letters to Margaret Bridges (1915-1919)”, Olympic Marketing Corporation

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• If the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Strong, Doe, Cups

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• Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Events, Sometimes, Certain

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• But grief is a walk alone. Others can be there, and listen. But you will walk alone down your own path, at your own pace, with your sheared-off pain, your raw wounds, you denial, anger, and bitter loss. You'll come to your own peace, hopefully, but it will be on your own, in your own time.

  Cathy Lamb

  Pain, Grief, Loss

  Cathy Lamb (2011). “The First Day of the Rest of My Life”, p.355, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.

  Haruki Murakami

  Numbness, Emptiness, Detachment

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Kafka On The Shore”, p.426, Random House

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• You've got to take the sour with the bitter.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Stupid, Sour

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• Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.

  John Dryden

  Greek, Satire

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• And what is more melancholy than the old apple-trees that linger about the spot where once stood a homestead, but where there is now only a ruined chimney rising our of a grassy and weed-grown cellar? They offer their fruit to every wayfarer--apples that are bitter-sweet with the moral of times vicissitude.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Weed, Sweet, Apples

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2012). “Mosses from an Old Manse”, p.6, Lulu.com

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• The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.

  Homer

  Cups, Fortune, Drains

  Homer (1760). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.11

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• I'm glad I want everything in the world - good and bad - bitter and sweet - I want it all.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Sweet, Desire, World

  Georgia O'Keeffe, Anita Pollitzer (1990). “Lovingly, Georgia: The Complete Correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe and Anita Pollitzer”, Touchstone Books

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• A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation - my generation - knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America's will for peace is second to none, so will America's strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Strong, Peace, War

  Gerald R. Ford's address to a joint session of Congress, August 12, 1974.

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• Hollywood is Hollywood. There’s nothing you can say about it that isn’t true, good or bad. And if you get into it, you have no right to be bitter — you’re the one who sat down, and joined the game.

  Orson Welles

  Games, Hollywood, Down And

  Orson Welles, Mark W. Estrin (2002). “Orson Welles: Interviews”, p.193, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The
  highest form of success comes to the man who does not shrink from
  danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, wins
  the splendid ultimate triumph.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Winning, Men, Triumph

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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