(237 quotes found)
“Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.”
Terry Brooks
“Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
Maya Angelou
“In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving”
William Arthur Ward
“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.”
William Shakespeare
“If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you”
Yiddish Proverb
“Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out”
“Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.”
Sara Teasdale
“It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit”
William Makepeace Thackeray
