Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Votes: 6
Maya AngelouIt is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. Votes: 4
William Makepeace ThackerayHurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. Votes: 4
Terry BrooksBitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac. Votes: 3
Agatha ChristieBitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs. Votes: 3
Craig GroeschelBitterness gives ill-health and waste life.Gratefulness leads to good health and happy life. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaOur national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. Votes: 3
Lech WalesaBitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us. Votes: 3
Alana StewartMuch of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Votes: 3
Khalil GibranBitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives Votes: 3
Jerry BridgesBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean Votes: 3
Maya AngelouI've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. Votes: 0
Andy RooneyBeneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. Votes: 0
Cyril ConnollyBut hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things. Votes: 0
William WordsworthThere was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you. Votes: 0
Joan SlonczewskiThere is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart. Votes: 0
Hugh PratherPure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverStronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love! Votes: 0
Arthur RimbaudA consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness. Votes: 0
Aesopall griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time. Votes: 0
Jane Welsh CarlyleThere's no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself. Votes: 0
Erwin W. LutzerPatriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one. Votes: 0
Edith CavellOne sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death. Votes: 0
Guy de MaupassantWhenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellAn angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness. Votes: 0
Jean Antoine Petit-SennDoing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so. Votes: 0
Cyril ConnollyAnd you became like coffee, in the deliciousness, and the bitterness, and the addiction. Votes: 0
Mahmoud DarwishThere is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved. Votes: 0
EuripidesThe worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left Votes: 0
Max LucadoUnexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more. Votes: 0
Mark TwainYou can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness. Votes: 0
Apolo OhnoKindness that turns to bitterness when it is not appreciated was never kindness at all. Votes: 0
Vironika TugalevaFill your heart with kindness and forgiveness, there will be no stress, anger, or bitterness. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaThe root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart. Votes: 0
John OwenRage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick. Votes: 0
Marion WoodmanI realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Votes: 0
Edith CavellNothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness. Votes: 0
PetrarchLet us not give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisWhat do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always? Votes: 0
Peter AbrahamsWorry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong. Votes: 0
Timothy KellerWhen you have learned to walk in the light of the Lord, bitterness and contention are impossible. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersYou can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness. Votes: 0
Fran LebowitzWhoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are. Votes: 0
John Lancaster SpaldingI don't know why I don't watch the Oscars. It's not bitterness or anything; it just seems weird. Votes: 0
Donal LogueThe more we hold on to our hurts, anger and bitterness, the more we become slaves to unforgiveness. Votes: 0
Nancy Leigh DeMossThe old bitterness came up in him and he did not have time to cogitate and push it down. Votes: 0
Carson McCullersI savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived. Votes: 0
Catherynne M. ValenteThere is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived. Votes: 0
M. Scott PeckThe world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness. Votes: 0
Gabriel Garcia MarquezI have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter. Votes: 0
Agnes SmedleyLet us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King Jr.You have to be careful because those feelings and bitterness can take over and consume in a bad way. Votes: 0
Jim GoadIt's what I'd like from my life - to live and learn, be wise and to go on without bitterness. Votes: 0
Heather SmallI have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am! Votes: 0
Nathaniel HawthorneThe great thing about celebrity culture is that they can't seem to stop themselves from displaying their ridiculous behaviour. I feel it's my job as a serious investigative journalist to witness all kinds of behaviour and then report back to the audience through the prism of my own anger and bitterness. Votes: 6 Kathy Griffin
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much of partners. We can't fulfil a person's every single need and, after ten years or so, many relationships wear out. If we were more philosophical about it, we wouldn't try to blame the other person or be bitter. Votes: 1 Deborah Moggach
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers. Votes: 1 Lucretius