Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it. — Booker T. Washington
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. — Buddha
Life is too short for long-term grudges. — Elon Musk
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
Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head. — Ann Landers
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
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. — Buddha
You can't hold on to a grievance and be happy. Time to make a choice! — Robert Holden
When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease. — Elizabeth I
Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head. — George Foreman
It is impossible to hold a grudge and have peace of mind at the same time. It would be like trying to have day and night exist in the same moment. — Lee L Jampolsky
Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use. — Dwight L. Moody
May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges. — Gregory of Nyssa
Short Holding Grudges Quotes
Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships. — Wayne Dyer
Before you hold a grudge – hold a conversation. It may be a result of a misunderstanding. — Russell Brunson
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. — Nelson Mandela
Not forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick. — Gary Smalley
Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day
hoping that the other person will die. — Debbie Ford
The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend. — Walter Winchell
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Not Holding Grudges Quotes
I'm grateful to be an American. I am grateful that we can be angry at the terrorist assault and at the same time be intelligent enough not to hold a grudge against every Arab and every Muslim. — Maya Angelou
Let your dog teach you how to get the most out of life! If we could all be more like our dogs when it comes to living in the moment, being honest and authentic, and learning how to not hold grudges, the entire planet would be a much better place. — Cesar Millan
Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people... but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. — Steve Maraboli
Be brave enough to hold on to the hope that life will be beautiful again.
Life is uncertain. Eternity is not. Unforgiveness cannot be allowed to last another day. Are you holding a grudge? You will never be more like God than when you forgive. Let it go. Kill the root of bitterness. Let the hurt go and set yourself free. — Craig Groeschel
I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me. — Anne Lamott
Our creative dreams are subject to grudge-holding when we decide that other people somehow have made their dreams real and we have not. — Sark
Sometimes holding on does more damage that letting go.
We should learn from children not to hold grudges. Children often fight when they play together but they quickly make up and their fights don't deteriorate into bitter feuds. — Joseph Wechsberg
It doesn't bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, ... Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don't hold any whatsoever. — Kobe Bryant
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
I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it. — Odette Annable
No Holding Grudges Quotes
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
I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame. — Steven Adler
I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards. — Fran Lebowitz
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
There's no time to hold grudges when you've seen how fragile things can really be. — Allison Winn Scotch
Bitterness And Resentment Quotes
Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives. — Henri Nouwen
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. — Unknown Author
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. — Corrie Ten Boom
Suffering is not holding you, you are holding suffering.
It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness — Adrienne Rich
Let anyone speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving a bitter reply.
If you tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy.
If anybody wants any money from you, and you are not inclined to give, do not give. But do not bark at him like a Dog. — Sai Baba
We all carry these things inside that no one can see. They hold us down like anchors and they drown us out at sea.
I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life. — Ja Rule
You may accept the inevitable with bitterness and resentment or with patience and grace. Mere acceptance is not sufficient. — Paul Brunton
Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us. — Alana Stewart
Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff. — Kevin Rudd
Unforgiveness Quotes
Unforgiveness is the most prolific cause of disease. It will harden arteries or liver, and affect the eye-sight. In its train are endless ills. — Florence Scovel Shinn
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. — Glenn Clark
Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain. — T. D. Jakes
At the end of the day, all you need is hope and strength. Hope that it will get better, and strength to hold on until it does.
Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die. — Joyce Meyer
I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way. — Joyce Meyer
The more we hold on to our hurts, anger and bitterness, the more we become slaves to unforgiveness. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Every fall holds a lesson on how to rise.
Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness. — Joyce Meyer
Pride and entitlement always go with unforgiveness. The longer you hold someone's offense over them, the more likely you are to start feeling arrogant and entitled to your posture toward him. — Will Davis
So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians. — Joyce Meyer
Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die. — Marianne Williamson
Anger And Forgiveness Quotes
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all. — Dorothy Day
A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger." — Gary Smalley
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us. — Marcus Aurelius
Family is not about blood. It's about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.
Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart. — Jim Henson
Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger. — Bill Bradley
If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself to yourself.
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience. — Oprah Winfrey
Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others – it only changes yours. — Shannon Alder
In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. — Anne Lamott
When you forgive, you heal your own anger and hurt and are able to let love lead again. It's like spring cleaning for your heart. — Marci Shimoff
Grudge Quotes
Pastime with good company
I love and shall, until I die.
Grudge who list, but none deny!
So God be pleased, thus live will I. — Henry VIII of England
The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts. — Shams Tabrizi
Every relationship has tough days. Don't let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology. — Nouman Ali Khan
Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.
When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it! — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die. — Chief Seattle
The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God. — Saint Sebastian
Be grateful, for gratitude can bring life to life, it can turn a meal to a feast, resentment to love, a grudge to forgiveness, an enemy to a friend, a disease to hope, and you to enough. — Steven Bartlett
Grudges, regret, and resentment are mental prisons, and some of you are serving life sentences. It's time to set yourself free. — Steven Bartlett
I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success. — Todd McFarlane
Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect. — Dominique Pire
Comfort eating on negativity will make you unhealthy and mental weight is the hardest to lose. For a healthy mind, burn off grudges, regrets about your past, irrational worries about the future, ingratitude and limiting beliefs that are holding your potential hostage. — Steven Bartlett
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge. — Bob Dylan
The idea of God holding a grudge against us and needing to be asked to forgive us is an outrage on the Fatherhood of God. — Charles Webster Leadbeater
Don't go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind. — Joel Osteen
Me being a compassionate person, I would never hold any grudges against my ex. — Amber Rose
The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody. — Mario Puzo
Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long. — Robert Breault
Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges. — Peter Benchley
Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.
. — John Milton
There's nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness
where you don't hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they
didn't know and for the things they didn't know to do. — Tyler Perry
I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges. — Zachery Ty Bryan
You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge. — Steven Adler
I started using drugs when I was thirteen. By twenty-one, I was shooting up coke and heroin. In my early twenties, I unconsciously used asana to make the "getter" inside me stronger. Sure, I got a hit of the yoga high - serenity at the end of class - but how sustainable is that if you're holding grudges against yourself or others? — Angel Grant
The mind is a very intricate machine. It can store memories, past impressions, grudges, criticisms, judgments. It can hold a lot of stuff. In general, it's only really good at holding onto one thing at a time. Which is why, when we have a lot going on, we feel sort of stressed and we feel tension because the mind is busy trying to figure out what it should focus on first. — MC Yogi
If people don't hold grudges, it means they just don't care what people do. — Fran Lebowitz
Most people probably assume that Hristo is a grumpy, stubborn guy... That can't be further from the truth. He's a cheerful, candid person that never holds a grudge. — Michael Laudrup
The value of holding a grudge. And to always refer to my father sarcastically as Mr. Wonderful. — Jon Stewart
Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them. — Timothy Keller
I didn't much like it, this grudge-holding against the past. — Margaret Atwood
The problem with holding a grudge
is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else. — Seth Godin
The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else. It might be the competition or a technology or the lousy things that someone did a decade ago. None of it is going to get better as a result of revisiting the grudge. — Seth Godin
Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate. — John C. Maxwell
I kind of play like a guy. I don't hold grudges. I don't get dramatic with things. If somebody slide tackles me in training and we leave the field, I'm still talking to them. I think that there's very few of us out there that can just take confrontation, and if you've got an issue with something, you can go to that person and say it. — Carli Lloyd
It's OK to argue with your friends. Guys can do it better than girls, usually, but if you ever get into a fight with a true friend or a spouse or a boyfriend, get it out, fight, be angry for five minutes, and then move past it. Don't let it fester; don't hold a grudge. If you do, that's when it will get worse and worse. — Ike Barinholtz
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