Alexander Smith Quotes

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

'Hatfields & McCoys' is a very profound statement in what happens when you're unable to let go of hatred and hurt and unable to have any kind of goodness in your life.

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die.

I will always forgive but I will never forget.

But I don't forget and I don't forgive.

A favor is never so long-lived as a grudge.

No more tears now; I will think about revenge.

The word resentment means to re-feel...to feel again. Someone wrongs or wounds you; in resenting it, you re-feel the injury. And you re-hurt yourself. The Hebrew Talmud says that a person who bears a grudge is "Like one who, having cut one hand while handling a knife, avenges himself by stabbing the other hand."

He leant his two elbows on his knees, and his chin on his hands and remained rapt in dumb meditation. On my inquiring the subject of his thoughts, he answered gravely 'I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!' 'For shame, Heathcliff!' said I. 'It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.' 'No, God won’t have the satisfaction that I shall,' he returned. 'I only wish I knew the best way! Let me alone, and I'll plan it out: while I'm thinking of that I don't feel pain.

Whom they have injured they also hate.

I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge.

When we have been badly injured and clearly wronged, we make an instant caricature of the person who did it to us. We define him totally by the one wrong he did.

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

Some people would rather dig fresh graves than heal old wounds.

It is good to forget one's anger against one's wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.

The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?

If you're holding on to an offense, then you haven't forgiven the person who hurt you. Unforgiveness finds excuses to talk about what people have done to us, and we'll tell anyone who will listen. There's a difference between sharing your testimony to help someone and talking about what's been done to you because you are angry about it.

Nothing may help or heal While Amor incensed remembers wrong.