Quotes About Grudges

Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle barnacle of hatred.

Offenses that are held on to lead to death.

Blame, certainly, is a dish only edible when served fresh and warm. Old blames, grudges and scores congeal and curdle and cause the most terrible indigestion.

He had a mop of unkempt hair dark as any wine-dark sea; a vague sense of coffeehouse revolutionary to him; and quick, furtive eyes that missed little. He was one of those uncomfortably intense men most people find a little unnerving, as if his rhythms were a little too rapid, or perhaps he was too quickly wired through synapse, or bore too many unforgivable grudges, or was too quick to haggle to the death over a nickel.

I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.

How can you forgive if you can't remember to forget?

Resentment makes anything possible.

I can forgive you, Bella, he thought. But I can't forget.

I don't hold any kind of grudges for anything, and you never know what will happen at anytime.

A town so small, you tripped over people you hated every day.

When you wrong someone, you don't get to say which grudges people may or may not hold

The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep.

To be fair, life is too short. There is no point holding grudges or anything like that.

For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?

I'm sure she didn't mean what she said. Life's too short to hold grudges." "No, you just have to organize your time better, " Elaine said. "I believe in grudges. They help you survive.

Ka was the essence of teh person: spirit, intelligence, feelings and passions, humor, grudges, annoying television theme songs, all the things that make a person a person and not a nematode.

Will ye be there for him in his time of need, or do you prefer to take your anger with you to the grave?

I love to remember my enemies and I love to get my enemies. I had some enemies. I had people that really I helped a lot. And when I needed the help, in some cases, they were not there for me.

I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges.

Some people held grudges; Esperanza clutched them and tied them around her waist and used cement and Krazy glue to hold them steady.

Life is so short. Grudges are a waste of time. Laugh when you can, apologise when you should, and trust God with what you cannot change.

We bring our life stories, our prejudices, our grudges, our expectations, and our limitations with us to books….Openness to a book is vital, and openness is simply a willingness to be changed by what we read. This is not as easy as it sounds. Many people read to solidify their own views.

And revenge generally turns out to be a lot less satisfying than you think it will be.