Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

Remember, if you are criticising, you are not being grateful. If you are blaming, you are not being grateful. If you are complaining, you are not being grateful.

Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I've spent most of my life as kin to the fist-shaker.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.

I've learned lots, obviously - the first thing being never to forget to be grateful. The second is not to bear grudges, because in football, luck does not exist.

When you start to think of revenge, you start to think of hate. I don't believe in hating people. It's a retrogressive thing.

Life is too short for resentments, and I always forgive.

I don't believe in harbouring ill feelings about anyone.

My father always tells me to be forgiving, as it purges you of pent-up negativity. I harbour no bitterness and malice towards anyone.

I never forget those who do me a favor, and I never forget those who don't!

I have never encountered a winner that held hate towards something.

She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.

Forget favors given; remember those received.

By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.

The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment.

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

I don't hold grudges.

I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.