The 40 best quotes about resentment and resentment.

Famous quotes about hatred, bad memories and negative feelings.

Resentment is a feeling close to hatred and resentment.. When we feel resentment towards someone who hurt or humiliated us in the past, we discard the possibility of forgiveness and remain anchored in that which caused us pain.

Like any human feeling, resentment can be adaptive. However, taking it too far can have a boomerang effect and not allow us to soar and be happy in an autonomous way.

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Famous phrases of rancor, resentment and hatred.

Many writers and thinkers in history have pronounced amazing phrases of resentment, reflecting on this unpleasant emotion that emanates from hatred and resentment.

In this article we have collected all these famous quotes to invite you to analyze resentment and make positive decisions for your future.

1. Resentment is a bottomless abyss. Or a burning wasteland without borders. (Miguel Gutierrez)

A poetic phrase of rancor that invites us to reflect.

2. You couldn't be full of hate and be beautiful. Like any girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was full of hate. (Alice Sebold)

Resentment from a feminine point of view. An excerpt from "Lucky", published in 1999.

3. Life is spiteful and unforgiving, but -despite everything- it is worth it. (Monica Carrillo)

A thought of the Spanish writer and journalist.

4. This city is not placated with fire, this laurel with rancor is not cut down. This rosebush without luck, this lavender exhales joy. (Miguel Hernández)

A poem by the great Spanish writer.

5. Resentment is the treasure chest of wickedness. (Miguel Mihura)

The anteroom of hatred, the prolegomena of aggression. Phrase of the brilliant Miguel Mihura.

6. The last few weeks have refreshed some resentments. Or perhaps they have become more rancid. (Xavier Velasco)

A feeling that rots the more we let it live in our mind.

7. Grudges could be an adaptive feeling until we realize that they affect our self-esteem. (Jonathan Garcia-Allen)

Reflection by the Catalan psychologist and writer.

8. Our resentment comes from the fact that we have fallen below our possibilities without having been able to reach ourselves. And we will never forgive others for that. (Emil Cioran)

Self-concept and the way we compare ourselves with others are the genesis of resentment and resentment.

9. To live happily one must live without resentment. (Yasmina Khadra)

The Algerian writer leaves us a maxim that we should take into account.

10. It is not possible to take flight if we are anchored to the ground, prisoners of resentment. (Adrian Triglia)

Reflection by the Spanish social psychologist and writer.

11. One reason I didn't hold a grudge or have bad feelings toward Dad must have been that my mother rarely blamed him; at least she didn't do it in front of us or for us to listen. (Ben Carson)

Childhood is a key stage in understanding why we are prone to harbor this resentment toward others.

12. Memory that does not forget, resentment that does not abate. (Hernán Cortés)

Sometimes it is preferable to forgive and start from scratch.

13. Resentment suffocates us, forgiveness oxygenates us. (Krishnamurti)

A metaphor for learning to forgive.

14. Forgetting things is the worst thing that can happen to you, I remember everything. What I don't hold grudges, because things happen and that's it, period. I think you have to be positive, always look ahead and think that what is to come is always better than what has happened. (Victor Manuel)

A cheerful and positive look at the issue of personal quarrels and the past.

15. I had no grudge against society because I didn't belong to it. (Charles Bukowski)

Always irreverent, the German author.

16. Spite pilots your soul when it yields to forgiveness. (Guy Fields)

Another grudge phrase that contrasts this feeling with the art of Ho'ponopono.

17. How quickly we forget the grudge when that person has something that interests us. (Anonymous)

Certainly, our mind tricks us to be more understanding and indulgent with those with whom we have no choice but to cooperate.

18. I don't hold a grudge, but I don't have amnesia either. (Anonymous)

Not being grudging does not imply not having a conscience about the past.

19. Resentment is only a sign of the presence of memories. (Anonymous)

A sign that we do not forget the past and that it continues to anchor us to certain negative and limiting feelings.

20. If you are not dead yet, forgive. Resentment is dense, it is mundane; leave it on earth: die lightly. (Jean-Paul Sartre)

Grudge phrase of the exceptional French philosopher.

21. Christianity has in its very essence the rancor of the sick, the instinct against what is healthy, against health. Everything that is well built, proud, brave and, above all, beautiful offends their ears and eyes. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

A critique by the German philosopher of the Christian belief system.

22. Greatness inspires envy, envy spite, and spite lies. (J.K. Rowling)

The author of Harry Potter speaks thus about resentment.

23. Resentment is like taking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies. (Nelson Mandela)

Unfortunately, it only hurts yourself.

24. 'He wronged me; he wounded me; he defeated me; he despoiled me'... In those who harbor such grudges, hatred never ceases. (Buddha)

The spiritual leader Buddha speaks thus about grudges and hatred.

25. Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

A direct highway to emotional and existential crisis.

26. If you embrace any grudge against anyone else, you destroy the bridge with which God will come to seek you. (Peter Marshall)

A religious view on resentment and hatred and their negative effects.

27. He who requires too much of himself and too little of others, will keep himself as the object of resentment. (Confucius)

To have a very high self-concept can border on narcissism.

28. Oh, resentment! Too much old age for youth so tender... (William Shakespeare)

Here are 73 other quotes by William Shakespeare.

29. Anger will disappear as soon as spiteful thoughts are forgotten. (John Dryden)

Another famous quote that invites us to get rid of the burden of hatred and resentment.

I spent the best years of my life concentrating on the pain of the past instead of focusing on the joy of the present... (Walter Riso).

The Latin American writer regrets having focused his mind on the negative.

31. A coach is someone who can make a correction without causing rancor. (John Wooden)

The precursor of basketball had this view of the role of the coach.

32. The Heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? (Jack Kornfield)

A beautiful phrase to think about and change our lives.

33. Where there is resentment there are memories. (Ángeles Mastretta)

It is practically impossible not to keep these negative memories.

34. If you let yourself be overcome by resentment, the flower of hope will cease to bloom. (Jorge Belzunces)

Do not let yourself be corrupted by bad feelings.

35. Is there anything useful in the feeling of resentment? Anchoring oneself to past frustrations will only imprison one's creative talent... (Bertrand Regader)

Reflection of the Spanish educational psychologist and writer.

36. Let rancor only last 10 minutes, let kindness be with you the rest of the time. (Richard Sennett)

A philosophy of life to look to the future with optimism and without pending accounts.

37. To be resentful is the best way to dig yourself a deep hole from which it is increasingly difficult to escape. (Anonymous)

Don't let your mind create problems where it is better to let the air flow.

38. If there is one thing that characterizes successful people, it is their ability to let go of the bad and focus only on the positive. (Elon Musk)

Great reflection from the entrepreneur and founder of Amazon.

39. Resentment? I prefer to live. (Isabel Allende)

Reflection by the Chilean writer.

40. If you love your life, worry about the buildable, not the miserable. (Anonymous)

Another reflection not to waste time on things that do not contribute anything positive to our existence.