Bitter Quotes - Page 5

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

Though I can't change what happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up.

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.

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

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end.

It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.

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

Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.

One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.

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

Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.

We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings.

One thing that's certain: around the corner from every ugly thing, there's something really beautiful. If we stop at every bitter interaction; we'll never reach our destination.

Why are our joys remembered more bitter than our woes?

Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.

The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

I have not personally suffered from the deprivations, the bitterness and sorrow which bring so many men and women to a realisation of social injustice.

Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.

Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.

Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.

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.