Resentment Quotes

Parents are perhaps the most common object of resentment, the people who are most frequently blamed for all our failings and failures alike.

When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.

The feeling of being an underdog, not belonging, is very much me. You harbour a little feeling of resentment towards the 'upper dog'.

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to 'ER' were maddening and there was this assumption that the two of us were looking at each other with rage and resentment, which was also not the case.

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

When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly.

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

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

The organization and constant onward sweep of this movement exemplifies the resentment of the many toward the selfishness, greed and the neglect of the few.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.

Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.