Grudge Quotes

• We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

  T. D. Jakes

  Forgiveness, God, Nursing

  T.D. Jakes (2013). “Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

  Booker T. Washington

  Hurt, Doe, Persons

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• a grudge will soon rot the pocket you carry it in.

  Betty MacDonald

  Pockets, Bitterness, Resentment

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• Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Night, Feelings

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you're the one who gets burned.

  Gautama Buddha

  Revenge, Hot, Coal

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• Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.

  Wayne Dyer

  Practice, Keys, Our Relationship

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Mar 21, 2015

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• Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

  Carrie Fisher

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

  Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

  Confucius

  Positive, Forgiveness, Attitude

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• Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.

  Barbara Johnson

  Wise, Hands, Release

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• The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery or taste God's mercy.

  Max Lucado

  Life, God, Christian

  Max Lucado (2008). “Lucado 2in1 (In the Eye of the Storm & Applause of Heaven)”, p.180, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.

  Buddy Hackett

  People, Dancing, Argument

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• People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Crazy

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• 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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• Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.

  John C. Maxwell

  Appropriate

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh..apologiz e..let go of what you can't change.

  George Carlin

  Letting Go, Life Is Too Short, Perfect

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• Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change.

  Drake

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

  Aesop

  Relationship, People, Greed

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.41, Pelekanos Books

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• Life is too short for long-term grudges.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Life Is Too Short, Long

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

  Aristotle

  Men, Soul, Doe

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• A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.

  William Walton

  Forgiveness, Bees, Anger And Pain

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• I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.

  Bette Midler

  Mind, Bears

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.

  Ralph Marston

  Difficult Work, Forgiving, Values

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• People? People are chaotic quiddities living in one cave each. They pass the hours in amorous grudge and playback and thought experiment. At the campfire they put the usual fraction on exhibit, and listen to their own silent gibber about how they're feeling and how they're going down. We've been there. Death helps. Death gives us something to do. Because it's a fulltime job looking the other way.

  Martin Amis

  Jobs, People, Giving

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• The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed, by, as a loss of power.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Loss, Opportunity, Action

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1106, Delphi Classics

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• We have to remember, when we forgive we're not doing it just for the other person, we're doing it for our own good. When we hold on to unforgiveness and we live with grudges in our hearts, all we're doing is building walls of separation.

  Joel Osteen

  Forgiveness, Wall, Heart

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