100 Detrimental Quotes

Following is our list of detrimental quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about what are negative.

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Famous Detrimental Quotes

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. — Jonathan Swift

Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us. — Marcus Aurelius

A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil. — Baruch Spinoza

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner. — Hesiod

Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences. — Marshall Rose

The ancestor of every destructive action, every destructive decision, is a negative thought. — Eknath Easwaran

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects. — Sima Qian

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one. — Tacitus

Your reactions to your enemy can hurt you more than your enemy can. - Hannah Hurnard

Your reactions to your enemy can hurt you more than your enemy can. — Hannah Hurnard

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. — Plato

False friends are worse than bitter enemies. - Scottish Proverbs

False friends are worse than bitter enemies. — Scottish Proverbs

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. — Buddha

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. — Jean De La Fontaine

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. — Simone Weil

Short Detrimental Quotes

  • Through detriment/disadvantage one becomes smart. — German proverbs
  • It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it. — Sean O'Casey
  • I was found on Youtube. I think I was detrimental to my own career. — Justin Bieber
  • Neither is detrimental, but the mystical kundalini is a bit more raucous. — Frederick Lenz
  • There are any number of things that would be detrimental to your career. Everyone's really afraid. — Madonna Ciccone
  • The abuse of the best things is always detrimental. — Jean-Georges Noverre
  • Religion is detrimental to the progress of society. — Bill Maher
  • I'm strong. I'm smart. I'm not a victim,' to my detriment. — Amber Heard
  • Sometimes I find bringing in my old ideas is just detrimental. — Bear McCreary
  • The greatest detriment to many people's success tomorrow is their thinking today. — John C. Maxwell

Detrimental Image Quotes

When I Am Bad Quotes

I say this with all respect so that it don't upset you too bad, but I say it anyway. When I read in the Bible where he [Jesus] says, 'I Am,' I just smile and say, 'Yes, I Am, too!' — Kenneth Copeland

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. — Marc Chagall

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them. — Confucius

I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you. — Matthew McConaughey

There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going. — Steve Jobs

If one burdens the future with one's worries, it cannot grow organically. I am filled with confidence, not that I shall succeed in worldly things, but that even when things go badly for me I shall still find life good and worth living. — Etty Hillesum

I cannot pay attention to what people say about my work. For me, personally, I am just this shards-and-ashes human being, who really gets upset when someone says something bad about me. If it's true, I cop to it. If I have any good qualities, it's that. — Harlan Ellison

I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong. — Nikki Giovanni

In fact almost everyone in my yearbook wrote the same thing to me: "To weird girl, you're nice." I didn't think it was bad. When I showed my mother she said, "Everyone is different." Being weird became my tool. I'm weird; that's who I am. It was my coping badge. — Jenny Lawson

The power of your thoughts can influence how events turn out. I'm a positive person - when bad things happen, I can see the silver lining. As a result I think I am very lucky, even though I probably have as much bad luck as anyone else, and that translates into seeing opportunity. — Natalie Massenet

What Are Negative Quotes

There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me." — Layne Beachley

What people have to realize is that if one has a firm belief in God and the spirit then one does not make statements that are negative and untrue. — Prince

We all have negative days, but that doesn't mean we are pessimistic. We all do stupid things, but that doesn't mean we are stupid. It's important to be able to distinguish between what happens to us and who we are, and look forward with hope for new and better days ahead! — Lindsey Stirling

No matter what amount of negativity you are presented with, 5 minutes from now could be the best moment of your life. — Mod Sun

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me. — Beyonce Knowles

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about. — A.L. Williams

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear - the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself. — Mary J. Blige

Goodness and positivity are choices just as evil and negativity are. Be careful what you feed every day. You will become what you feed. — Chatri Sityodtong

The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its actions are positive rather than negative. — Hans-Hermann Hoppe

When Things Are Bad Quotes

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself. - George Lopez

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself. — George Lopez

I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't'. They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing. — Billie Joe Armstrong

When things are going bad, there's going to be some good that's going to come from it. — Jocko Willink

When things are going bad, don't get all bummed out. Don't get startled; don't get frustrated. If you can say the word 'good,' guess what? It means you're still alive. It means you're still breathing. — Jocko Willink

It begins when you believe that you are the center of the universe, that good things happen because you’ve earned them and bad things happen just to annoy you. And that’s the furthest thing from the truth. — Mo Gawdat

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you! — Dr. Seuss

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka. — Jim Butcher

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie. — Richard Gere

You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent. — Viswanathan Anand

Why does anyone stay in an unhappy relationship? Because people do. They do it all the time. And the truth is, when you're in it, when you're up to your neck in the everyday part of life with another human being, sometimes you don't exactly notice how bad things really are. — Sarah Dunn

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More Detrimental Quotes

I feel like relationships are a beautiful thing, period. Relationships can be really beautiful, they can be really hard, they can be really rewarding, or they can be bad relationships where it's really detrimental and hurtful, but that's life, period. — J. Cole

I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge, Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance. Lessons, detrimental to a young disciple; Folks, take care of your brothers, niggas do as I do. Keep your enemies close, where they can see you. It's not your enemy who get you, it's always your own people. — Nas

We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our cities are detrimental to our health, chaotic and a tremendous waste of resource, and most of all our politics and values no longer serve us. — Jacque Fresco

It can be held certain that information that is withheld or suppressed contains truths that are detrimental to the persons involved in the suppression. — J. Edgar Hoover

There's a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental. When we put others' needs before our own, we deplete our energy, which can lead to depression, physical illness, and overwhelm. — Gabrielle Bernstein

The oral microbiome is the key to understanding how to prevent & treat dental diseases in the future. Ignoring it could be as detrimental to dentistry as antibiotic resistance is to healthcare! — Mark Burhenne

Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts. — Jamais Cascio

The executions of agents, partisans, saboteurs, suspicious people, indulging in espionage and sabotage, and those who were of a detrimental effect to the German Army, were, in my opinion, completely in accordance with the Hague Convention. — Paul Blobel

People will go to great lengths to fix their gut health, but often overlook the detrimental impact of their daily mouthwash habit. — Mark Burhenne

I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She encouraged me not to do that. She'd say being a good mother isn't all about sacrificing; it's really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list. — Michelle Obama

And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier. — Tom Coburn

Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but to the earth. It is time now for reason, education and science to take over. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I love cats. I love their grace and their elegance. I love their independence and their arrogance, and the way they lie and look at you, summing you up, surely to your detriment, with that unnerving, unwinking, appraising stare. — Joyce Stranger

Stress is not necessarily something bad it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating, creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental. — Hans Selye

Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good? — Rachel Carson

What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices. — Jeff Bezos

Time pressure gradually corrupts an engineer's standard of quality and perfection. It has a detrimental effect on people as well as products — Niklaus Wirth

Complaining becomes a habit. Focusing on the negative also becomes a habit. It’s one of the most detrimental habits you can possibly have. It can negatively impact you socially, affecting your personal happiness, but it can also subconsciously sabotage your money and success. — T. Harv Eker

Johnny Miller is a very honest guy. That may have been to his detriment sometimes. On television, he's too honest. We talk about it a lot. Do you really need to be that honest? You know what I mean? But he's a good man. He's a good family man. He's got good values, and we're delighted to have him as our honoree. — Jack Nicklaus

I feel really lucky to be in a band where the guys, for all the opportunities to do things that potentially would be good for them but detrimental to the group, that everybody stayed loyal to the whole. — Mike Shinoda

China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity. — Ai Weiwei

A preoccupation with achievement is not only different from, but often detrimental to, a focus on learning. Thoughts and emotions while performing an action are more important in determining subsequent engagement than the actual outcome of that action. — Alfie Kohn

The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring the very circumstances that serve to nourish them — Albert Bandura

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking. — Pliny The Elder

Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor. — Frank Gaffney

Wanting to win races is detrimental to courage. You tend to run too conservatively because you want to wait and sprint. If you are there to force the pace, to CREATE greatness rather than to have greatness, Courageous moves are a part of your race. — Gerry Lindgren

The growth of my love story had been gradual but my success had always existed and both coupled together formed a deadly combination that was detrimental to our love. I wanted people to love me. She wanted them to leave her alone. — Faraaz Kazi

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall. — David Suzuki

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.' — James Blunt

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled. — John Wanamaker

If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements. — Buddha

Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being. — Criss Jami

People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged. — Noam Chomsky

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. — E. L. Doctorow

The separation of science and non-science is not only artificial but also detrimental to the advancement of knowledge. If we want to understand nature, if we want to master our physical surroundings, then we must use all ideas, all methods, and not just a small selection of them. — Paul Feyerabend

Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are. A man who has always loved you and, to his detriment, suspects he always will. — Jojo Moyes

It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality. — Emma Goldman

We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else. — Lee R. Raymond

Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman! — Ernestine Rose

I think that the FIDE leaders have to reconsider the current drawing rules - their advantages aren't very clear, but their shortcomings are obvious. Artificial drawing of the lots is detrimental for everyone. — Mikhail Tal

Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity. — Daniel H. Pink

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