Bitterness Quotes

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.

I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison sentence that you are about to impose and will serve it without bitterness.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.

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.

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Three or four years ago, I got really caught up in the movies people were making, the opportunities they were getting, and I was looking at them with bitterness.

If there is anything worse than international warfare, is civil warfare, and the United States was destined to experience it in the extreme of bitterness.

Bitterness is so ugly.

Bitterness is so ugly. I don't want to go there.