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Grievance Quotes

If you have to invoke a distant past to justify a present grievance, the case for the grievance is already undermined.

David Horowitz (2000). “Hating Whitey: And Other Progressive Causes”, Spence Pub

No person with a grievance can be also a person with an attractive personality!

Napoleon Hill (2012). “The Law of Success: The 16 Secrets for Achieving Wealth & Prosperity”, p.375, Courier Corporation

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

Love holds no grievances.

Helen Schucman “A Course in Miracles - Manual For Teachers”, A Course in Miracles

We are the ones who suffer when we hold on to past grievances.

Louise L. Hay (2009). “Life!: Reflections on Your Journey”, p.8, ReadHowYouWant.com

The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.

Gilbert Burnet, Sir Thomas Burnet (1734). “Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time ...: From the revolution to the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the reign of Queen Anne. To which is added, the author's life, by the editor”, p.658

To ignore the Mussalman grievance as if it was not felt is to postpone Swaraj.

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.

"Bochas", Book III, Chapter VIII, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 125-27, 1922.

Seek happiness and you may or may not find it; seek grievances and you are guaranteed success.

Gregg Easterbrook (2003). “The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse”, p.190, Random House