Bitterness Quotes

• Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Forgiveness, Keys, Doors

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Acceptance

  "A white South African's memories of Mandela" by Nadia Bilchik, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2013.

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• Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Love, Life, Heartbreak

  Harry Emerson Fosdick (1958). “Riverside sermons”

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• It’s not just what you eat that matters, it’s what eats you. You can have all the right macrobiotics and organic food, but if your body is filled with resentment, worry, fear, lust, guilt, anger, bitterness, or any other emotional disease, it’s going to shorten your life.

  Rick Warren

  Emotional, Worry, Lust

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• Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.

  Alana Stewart

  Hurt, Resentment, Persons

  "How I Survived My Divorce From Rod Stewart" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2012.

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• Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Cancer, Anger

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.

  Samuel Johnson

  Trust, Heart, Tongue

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• Don't be so bitter about a bad experience from your past that you miss the opportunities in front of you.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Regret, Failure, Past

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2014

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• Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.147, Beacon Press

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• Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Bullying

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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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• Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of having trusted and been fooled, of being helpless prey to impotent rage, blind surrender, the victim of a savage, ruthless power that gives and takes away, enlists a man, drops him, promises and betrays, and -crowning injury- inflicts on him the humiliation of feeling sorry for himself.

  Paul Valery

  Sorry, Men, Giving

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• As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Healing, Sacrifice, Two

  Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.159, Beacon Press

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• The more we hold on to our hurts, anger and bitterness, the more we become slaves to unforgiveness.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Hurt, Slave, Anger And Bitterness

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• Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

  Marcus Aurelius

  Adversity, Bears, Remember

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• It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

  Lech Walesa

  Frustration, Frustrated, Mood

  Lech Walesa's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1983.

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• Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

  Victor Hugo

  Strong, Intellectual, Bitter Words

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• How hard it is, how bitter it is to become a man!

  Albert Camus

  Men, Bitter, Hard

  "Caligula: a drama in two acts".

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• Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.

  Agatha Christie

  Turns, Eternal

  AGATHA CHRISTIE (1934). “MURDER IN THREE ACTS”

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• Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Good Night, Positive Thinking, Anxiety

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• Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

  John Locke

  Philosophical, Parenting, Wonder

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• Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.

  Terry Brooks

  Travel, Hurt, Anger

  Terry Brooks (2002). “The Sword of Shannara Trilogy”, p.565, Del Rey

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• Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

  Bertrand Russell

  Emotional, Unhappiness, Oneself

  Bertrand Russell (2014). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”, p.173, Routledge

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• We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspirational, Trust, Truth

  "Rameau's Nephew". Book by Denis Diderot, 1821.

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• Experience life in all possible ways -- good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become.

  Rajneesh

  Summer, Spiritual, Sweet

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