Animosity Quotes

• Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Life, Forgiveness, Hate

  Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

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• You can let hate, animosity and anger eat away at you, or you can let it go and begin again.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Hate, Let It Go

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• Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Peace

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.131, Random House

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• Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Anger, Heart, Understanding

  Walter Savage Landor (1856). “Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor”, p.242

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• All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it.

  Mark Twain

  War, Politics, Helping

  Mark Twain (2004). “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”, p.424, 1st World Publishing

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• To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

  Berthold Auerbach

  Hatred, Soul, Harbors

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• Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

  Xunzi

  Character, Mean, Vicious

  Xunzi, John Knoblock (1988). “Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works”, p.137, Stanford University Press

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• Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

  Ralph Steadman

  Hatred, Doubt, Suspicion

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• Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

  Roberto Assagioli

  Life, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• Indifference breeds animosity.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Indifference

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

  Jonathan Taylor Thomas

  Levels, Difficult, Ifs

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• I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hate, Heart, Water

  Gandhi (Mahatma) (1924). “Collected works”

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• Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.

  Sakya Pandita

  Men, Causes, Affection

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• Everyone who comes in is just amazed that our children do not have the animosity, the hatred, because these children are into it. You know, once you learn to like yourself, then you don't see this black-white bit. I still say that a good basic education is the only thing. I feel guilty sometimes because I don't think Jesus Christ could get any more accolades than I do when I walk through that classroom, even from the children I do not teach. They know that I love them, but I am forever telling them, "Get into that seat so you can have choices in this world."

  Marva Collins

  Jesus, Children, Thinking

  Source: reason.com

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• When we cannot stand certain people, we try to have suspicions about them.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  People, Trying, Intolerance

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• Of course, I'm aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties, their refusal to reach an agreement, their devotion to their own murderous hatred.

  Yasmina Khadra

  Party, Agreement, Cells

  Yasmina Khadra (2005). “The Attack”, Nan A. Talese

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• A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common good.

  James Madison

  Party, Religion, Atheism

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1864). “The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States”, p.106

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• He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

  Confucius

  Love, Life, Family

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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• Great contests generally excite great animosities.

  Livy

  Contests, Contention

  Livy (1855). “The History of Rome”, p.129

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• Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead

  Louise Brooks

  Actors, Natural, Absent

  1982 Lulu in Hollywood.

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• When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.

  George Henry Lewes

  Men, Views, Law

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fear, Heart, Atheism

  Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz (1998). “A Sole Survivor: Bits of Autobiography”, p.177, Univ. of Tennessee Press

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• You could start a fire with the heat between you two.
  You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection.

  Michelle Hodkin

  Fire, Two, Heartfelt

  Michelle Hodkin (2012). “The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• We live in a country where there is a lot of animosity. If your politics is radical it antagonises. People might think I am overconfident. I look petulant when I stand my ground.

  Owen Jones

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.

  George Washington

  Christian, Religious, Differences

  George Washington, Edward Frank Humphrey (1932). “George Washington on religious liberty and mutual understanding: selections from Washington's letters”

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