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“An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent.”
Criss Jami
“...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.”
“To the malevolent person who, out of spite, uses other people's circumstantial weaknesses to get them in trouble, Know that your numbed conscience will resurface someday and prevent you from sleeping. Until then, remember that no one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.”
Assya Moussaid
“In spite of crossing guards blowing their whistles and waving their hands, (the driver) kept going, oblivious to the child standing directly in front of her.”
Bill Schwartz
