RESENTMENT QUOTES
quotations about resentment
The resentment of a good man is the hardest thing to bear.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
The trap of resentment. It is probably the worst mental prison in the world. It is the inability to let go of anger and the perceived or real injustices we suffer. Some people let one or two, or maybe ten unpleasant experiences poison the rest of their lives. They let their anger ferment and rot their personality. They end up seeing themselves as victims of their parents, teachers, their peers and preachers.
AYAAN HIRSI ALI
Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations
If resentment is a healthy and justice-supporting emotion, and a person who forgives overcomes his resentment, then this person would at the same time be overcoming his own notions of injustice and justice. Why would this be a good thing to do?
TRUDY GOVIER
Forgiveness and Revenge
Resentment is nasty. What makes it so ugly is that it has a tendency to turn you, an otherwise kind and reasonable person, into someone who is so angry at their own life situation that it is nearly impossible to recover. Bitterness and resentment make it hard even for the people who love you to be around you.
MARTHA BODYFELT
"How to Kick Your Divorce Resentment to the Curb", Psych Central, June 27, 2017
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
At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you'll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.
DONALD L. HICKS
Look into the Stillness
Resentment is like setting yourself on fire and waiting for other people to die of smoke inhalation.
DIANE CAMERON
"A few tips on how to survive the feast day with family", Times Union, November 22, 2017
Resentment is such an atrocious and sometimes all-consuming emotion. It is one that can literally take a life, usually that of the holder of the resentment.
ROBERT BOICH
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting!
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
As you drift far far away
Broken dams of resentment
With nothing to say
Your ship of joy has long disappeared
Ceaseless descent upon the weight of one's tears
The light that burned
Has all but gone away
As you drown in your harbors of pity
And their lifeless waves
ZAKK WYLDE
"Harbors of Pity"
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
CARRIE FISHER
attributed, Encyclopedia Neurotica
Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. Mortification, morbid susceptibility, the inability to wreak revenge, the desire and thirst for revenge, the concoction of every sort of poison--this is surely the most injurious manner of reacting which could possibly be conceived.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Ecce Homo
Resentment is often a completely appropriate response to injury and wrongdoing. There is no need to beat ourselves up over the resentment we feel; rhetorical criticism should not lead us to willfully darken the sky above us. There are already plenty of clouds.
JEREMY ENGELS
The Politics of Resentment: A Genealogy
Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.
MIKE NORTON
Just Another War Story
Resentment and bitterness and old grudges were dead things, which rotted the hands that grasped them.
WINSTON GRAHAM
Jeremy Poldark
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.
ISABEL LOPEZ
Isabel's Hand-Me-Down Dreams
I only give you a hard time
'Cause I can't go on and pretend like
I tried and I tried to forget this
But I'm too damn full of resentment
BEYONCÉ
"Resentment"
Many people seem to be carrying their anger and resentment wherever they go like an overstuffed suitcase. It is baggage that weighs them down and demands considerable attention and energy.
DAN MAGER
"8 Strategies to Work Through Anger and Resentment", Psychology Today, January 17, 2017
She collected and polished resentments as if it were some kind of hobby.
ANNE TYLER
Noah's Compass