Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

I thank you for nothing, because I understand nothing.

Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!

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.

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.

I was briefly bitter.

One thing I don't believe I am at all is bitter.

I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

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

I really am disappointed when I run into people who are angry I'm leaving office.

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected.

I hate everybody.

I don't resent anything.

Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

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.

Thank Heaven, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it.

There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.

Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.

Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.

I was very bitter, frustrated, hurt, angry - I went through all types of emotions when I first was out of the WNBA.

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.

Nuts!

Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.

I dislike the trait of ungratefulness.