#bitterness

Everythin' seems ter happen ter you, doesn' it? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#jealousy #jealousy

There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace. ↗

— Amy Carmichael

#god-s-will #nature

In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, ‘Is it good, friend?’ ‘It is bitter — bitter,’ he answered, ‘But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#heart #poetry #poem

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#brother #did #ever #had #him

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#bitterness #build #frustration #hardly #helplessness

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#bitterness #climb #enthusiasm #floor #fulfill

Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#around #away #bitterness #echo #element

As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness. ↗

— Bao Dai

#during #known #much #reign #twenty

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#bitterness #i #love #myself #open

There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness. ↗

— Grant-Lee Phillips

#bitterness #cynicism #even #kind #more