400 Best Holding A Grudge Quotes To Help You Forgive (2023)

1. “My mother raised me to not hold grudges so I rather forgive and let my tiny heart be at peace. ”― Nitya Prakash

2. “Well, don't worry about it too much, princess. Let ice-boy cool off for the night and then try to talk to him tomorrow. He won't stay angry with you too long, I bet. Ash isn't one to hold a grudge. ''

3. “Stop falling out with your family and friends. Stop holding grudges. Fix the issues because when they’re in the ground it’s too late.” — Unknown

4. “The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.”

5. “One of the most devastating symptoms of pride is the unwillingness to forgive. ”― Wayne Gerard Trotman

6. “You may think that holding grudges is protecting you from being hurt again, but it’s really freezing your feelings in a very destructive state. ” ― Confucius

7. “No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions. ”

8. “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison. ”― William Arthur Ward

9. “Forgive moving forward; begrudge to go backward. It doesn't take any strength to hold a grudge.”

10. “Some people are holding grudges against you for things they did to you.” — Unknown

11. “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”

12. “The Spider skillfully grasps with its hands, and it is in kings’ palaces” (Proverbs 30:28 NKJV) Everything a Spider needs to survive and succeed in life, God put WITHIN IT! Swipe it with a broom and before it hits the ground, its fall is broken! It just reaches inside, releases another protein-filled silk-like thread, slides down, finds a […]

13. “Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory.” – A. M. Shine

14. “Holding grudges serves no productive purpose. It eats at us like mental cancer. ” ― Martin Luther King Jr

15. “Holding grudges will consume your emotional energy, if you let it.” — Jane Powell, Meditations For Women

16. “Corrival looked around. 'So is this it? Is everyone here? Erskine, maybe you should start the ball rolling. I have places to go and things to do.'

17. “People who are very prompt at holding grudges are often very slow in giving others justice.” — Harold E. Will

18. “Forgiveness is not just about saying sorry, it is about understanding the other person’s perspective and letting go of resentment.” – Unknown

19. “At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you’ll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.” – Donald L. Hicks

20. “People tend to store grudges in their heart as “a shield”, which mutates to a great burden.” — Jean Jourdain Vatelia, Hope For Everyday People

21. “PRAYER IS THE CURE FOR HEALING THE LAND”

22. “When you hold resentment against a person or situation you lose everytime. Forgive for your own peace of mind and happiness. Let go of negative energy. Put all of your energy into you.” — Unknown

23. “Let go! How would your life be different if you learned to let go of things that have already let go of you? From relationships long gone, to old grudges, to regrets, to all the ‘could’ve’ and ‘should’ve,’ to the dead friendships you still hang on to. Free yourself from the burden of a past you cannot change.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli

24. “Presence is more than just being there. ”

25. “Stop holding grudges, and forgiving is essential for moving toward your greatness.” — Sherrie Flowers

26. “There is enough heartache and sorrow in this life without our adding to it through our own stubbornness, bitterness, and resentment.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

27. “You could hold on to more precious memories if your hands weren’t so full of the grudges you are carrying so closely.”

28. Life isn’t always fair, but if you’re trying to change your life, that’s irrelevant.Be okay with not knowing for sure what might come next, but know that whatever it is, you will be okay.

29. “Stop Holding Grudges! Don’t live your life with hate in your heart. You will end up hurting yourself more than the people you hate. Forgiveness is not saying, ‘What you did to me is okay.’ It is saying, ‘I’m not going to let what you did to me ruin my happiness forever.’ Forgiveness is the answer. Let go, find peace, liberate yourself. And remember, forgiveness is not just for other people, it’s for you too. If you must, forgive yourself, move and try to do better next time.”

30. “Weak people revenge. Strong people Forgive. Intelligent people ignore.” — Albert Einstein

31. “Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite a telephone book, and at worst a person to whom every grudge and slight is as yesterday's.”

32. “The worst grudge is being told that you are forgiven, yet your sins are still glowing in their hearts like a burning coal. ” — Michael Bassey Johnson

33. “Everyone belongs to everyone else. ”

34. “Don’t hold a grudge. It takes up room in your heart; it takes up time in your life; it takes up space in your mind.” (John Wooden)

35. “Do not bear grudges. A heart full of grudges can never be fulfilled. ”― Gift Gugu Mona

36. “Everyone makes mistakes in life. If you can’t forgive others, don’t expect others to forgive you.” — Unknown

37. “When You’re in a Hurry…But God’s Not!”

38. “I’m not holding a grudge. I just don’t like you. ”― Brian Spellman

39. “Holding a grudge is like letting someone live rent free in your head.”

40. “Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.” — Wayne W. Dyer

41. “Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you. ” — Norman Vincent Peale

42. “Resentment leads to negative energy. So, forgive the ones who offend you.” — Meeti Sheth, The Recipe To Be Happy!

43. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are Owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are Substantial enough to move on.” (Criss Jami)

44. “We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and – in spite of True Romance magazines – we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. ”

45. “I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not by maliciousness towards me. I have since freed myself from this needless burden.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli

46. “Anyone can hold a grudge, but it takes a person with character to forgive. When you forgive, you release yourself from a painful burden. Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened was OK, and it doesn’t mean that person should still be welcome in your life. It just means you have made peace with the pain and are ready to let it go.” – Doe Zantamata

47. “Never hold a grudge within your heart and mind. It will only destroy you.” — Raymond Wells, Spiritual Understanding

48. “If you withhold love as a form of punishment, who is being punished?” — Donald L. Hicks

49. “The fact of the matter is that I wanted to hold a grudge in some funny kind of way.Against everybody.”

50. “That’s where you’re wrong,” said Kaz. “I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the best schools. I nurture my grudges, Rollins.”

51. “What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are worth. Leaving things to chance is a recipe for disaster, and reveals that we do not take love and romance very seriously. ”

52. “Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger. And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distills a poison in the wine. And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.” – Khalil Gibran

53. “When we forgive, we do ourselves a huge favour! We claim our powerback, by letting go of our past.” — Hanna Kok, Happy Ever After

54. “Give up holding grudges and you will find your temper is much more easily under control!” — Dianne Myers Haneke PhD, Living the Fruitful Life

55. “Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley. ”

56. “It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.”

57. “When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.” (Dr. Steve Maraboli)

58. “I learned a long time ago that you need to bury the hatchet. No need to hold grudges. That only weighs you down.” – Ken Shamrock

59. “When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.”

60. “Holding grudges against any person or situation is not good for your health as well as appearance. If you are not able to forgive, you are adding more stress to your life, which boosts your level of the hormone cortisol.” — Marko Mut, Natural Remedies for Women’s Health

61. “Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.”

62. “Ah, Miss, hope is an excellent thing for such as has the

63. “In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge. ” — Bob Dylan

64. “The more you refuse to forgive, the heavier your emotional baggage becomes. Holding onto grudges weighs you down and hinders your growth.” – Unknown

65. “I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time, long after the event is finished, long after cards have been sent and apologies made and everyone else had moved on. Adults were pack rats of old, useless emotions”

66. “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” – Unknown

67. “Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for is the person behind the trigger. ”

68. “THE SPIDER: LARGE LESSONS FROM A LITTLE CREATURE”

69. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are strong enough to move on.” – Unknown PRECIOUS THING QUOTES

70. “A pure soul actually carries nothing. No hatred, no love.” – Meghna Sodha

71. “If we can forgive everyone, regardless of what he or she may have done, we nourish the soul and allow our whole being to feel good. To hold a grudge against anyone is like carrying the devil on your shoulders. It is our willingness to forgive and forget that casts away such a burden and brings light into our hearts, freeing us from many ill feelings against our fellow human beings.” – Sydney Banks

72. “I’m not holding a grudge. I just don’t like you. ” — Brian Spellman

73. “You can never reach closure or peace with a situation until you stop holding grudges.” — Bonnie Eaker Weil, Can We Cure and Forgive Adultery?

74. “Grudges are like hand grenades; it is wise to release them before they destroy you.” (Barbara Johnson)

75. “If you've turned up after all these years just to break Tita Rosie's heart again, I'll kill you. I'm serious. And Ate Bernie will help me hide the body," I said, bringing up his ex-girlfriend and my cousin/friend.”

76. “They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.”

77. “At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you’ll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.” — Donald L. Hicks

78. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” — Criss Jami

79. “A date is an experience you have with another person that makes you appreciate being alone. ”

80. “Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” – Dave Willis

81. “Holding grudges, having animosity, or harboring bad feelings towards someone else will keep you anchored to your past, and prevent you from attaining all of the success that awaits you in your future.” — Lionel L. Nowell, You Are Better Than Your Best

82. “Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie

83. 'Oh, right.”

84. “I see no point in holding grudges. I’d rather not have any negativity within me.” – Zeenat Aman

85. “Let go! How would your life be different if you learned to let go of things that have already let go of you? From relationships long gone, to old grudges, to regrets, to all the ‘could’ve’ and ‘should’ve’ to the dead friendships you still hang on to. Free yourself from the burden of a past you cannot change.” (Dr. Steve Maraboli)

86. “When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.” — Steve Maraboli

87. “I don’t hold grudges. I just remember facts.” — Unknown

88. “Holding a grudge and harboring anger and resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people, but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.” (Dr. Steve Maraboli)

89. “We often hold a grudge because we don’t want to let the other person off the hook. But who’s really hooked: the one who’s moved on or the one who’s holding on?” — Lori Deschene

90. “To be fair, life is too short. There is no point holding grudges or anything like that.” — Ant McPartlin

91. “Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve, and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.” – Timothy Keller

92. “If we think of our life as a journey [...] we don't want to move into our future lugging along the heavy baggage of our past. One way to lighten the load is to work on forgiveness and acceptance.”

93. “The only way to heal from hurt is to let go of the anger and forgive.” – Unknown

94. “Holding grudges serves no productive purpose. It eats at us like mental cancer.” — Thubten Chodron, Working With Anger

95. “I don’t hold grudges… I just cut people off. I don’t see a point in willingly subjecting myself to constantly being hurt by the same people.” — Nitya Prakash

96. “Never hold a grudge within your heart and mind. It will only destroy you. ” — Raymond Wells

97. “We often hold a grudge because we don’t want to let the other person off the hook. But who’s really hooked: the one who’s moved on or the one who’s holding on?” – Lori Deschene

98. “So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love. ”

99. “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it. ” — Confucius

100. “Let today be the day you finally release yourself from the imprisonment of past grudges and anger. Simplify your life. Let go of the poisonous past and live the abundantly beautiful present… today.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli

101. “Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change. ” — George Carlin

102. “Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them.” — Sherrilyn Kenyon

103. “No matter what happens, never hold grudges. Grudges are the worst things in life. No matter if that grudge is justified, it’s the poison that kills entire cities.” — Pepper Winters, Dollars

104. “The very essence of romance is uncertainty. ”

105. “Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story. ”

106. “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” – Charlotte Bronte

107. “Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them. ” ― Anne Lamott

108. “Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”

109. “Resentments and grudges are two of the main culprits that perpetuate cycles of self-abuse and victimhood. Stowed away inside you like parasites, they deplete you of your God-given life force and separate you from your inherent worth, your joy, and the love in your heart.” – Debbie Ford

110. “I think deeply about things and want others to do likewise. I work for ideas and learn from people. I don’t like excluding people. I’m a perfectionist, but I won’t let that get in the way of publication. Except for education and entertainment, I’m not going to waste my time on things that won’t have an impact. I try to be friends with everyone, but I hate it when you don’t take me seriously. I don’t hold grudges, it’s not productive, but I learn from my experience. I want to make the world a better place.”

111. “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. ” — Charlotte Bronte

112. “Forgiveness: Anyone can hold a grudge, but it takes a person with character to forgive. When you forgive, you release yourself from a painful burden. Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened was OK, and it doesn’t mean that person should still be welcome in your life. It just means you have made peace with the pain, and are ready to let it go.” (Doe Zantamata)

113. “So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous, and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.” – Stephen J. Cannell

114. “Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them.” – Sherrilyn Kenyon

115. “He never did rid himself of the feeling that he had been denied his rightful place. It kept him from being good-natured, and made him unwilling to forget grudges.”

116. “I don't hold grudges... I just cut people off. I don't see a point in willingly subjecting myself to constantly being hurt by the same people.”

117. “Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you. ” — Criss Jami

118. “Some wounds run too deep for the healing.” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

119. “Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge the other guy’s out dancing.”

120. “What job have I hired this grudge to do?”

121. “You stubborn bastard. Take it from someone who knows firsthand, there’s a lot to be said for forgiveness. Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them."

122. “No matter what happens, never hold grudges. Grudges are the worst things in life. No matter if that grudge is justified, it’s the poison that kills entire cities.” – Pepper Winters

123. “If you hold a grudge eventually that will be all you can hold.”

124. “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” — Nelson Mandela

125. “I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not maliciousness towards me.”

126. “A pure soul actually carries nothing. no hatred no love. ”― Meghna Sodha

127. “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.” – Cherie Carter-Scott

128. “I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.”

129. “Break my heart for what breaks yours. Everything I am for you kingdom’s cause, as I walk from nothing to eternity. ”

130. “Holding a grudge will only destroy yourself. To forgive will cleanse it. ” — Mark McCallister

131. “BULLDOG OR POODLE, WHAT’S YOUR APPROACH TO GOD?”

132. “When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do. ”

133. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” – Marianne Williamson

134. “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.” – William Arthur Ward

135. “Ah, Miss, hope is an excellent thing for such as has the Grudge Quotes Image

136. “Life is too short for long-term grudges.” — Elon Musk

137. “We cannot embrace God’s forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.” – T. D. Jakes

138. “Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you cannot change.”

139. “Holding grudges are like a tree holding onto its leaves in the fall. Better just let go.” — Richard S. Conde, Reflection in a Mirror

140. “People who are very prompt at holding grudges are often very slow in giving others justice. ” ― Harold E. Will

141. “Let today be the day you finally release yourself from the imprisonment of past grudges and anger. Simplify your life. Let go of the poisonous past and live the abundantly beautiful present... today.”

142. “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” — Buddha

143. “I choose to forgive because I don’t want to live my life being angry and hurt.” – Unknown

144. “I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in m bed. That’s what I want today. That’s what I’ll want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness. ”

145. “Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” (Dave Willis)

146. “Don’t hold a grudge. It takes up room in your heart; it takes up time in your life; it takes up space in your mind. ” ― Charlotte Bronte

147. “I do not have the luxury to keep enemies or to hold grudges a lifetime, or to wallow in things that stresses me, my energy are entirely for those things that bring me peace and for them I’ll pursue foolhardy” – Kelly Iyogun

148. “Resentment and holding grudges are impediments to growth.” — Donna Kendall

149. “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison. ” — William Arthur Ward

150. “At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It’s a waste of energy, a waste of time.” – Phil Anselmo

151. “It hurts more to hold grudges than to forgive. The anger we hold inside damages us, nobody else. Do not be prisoners of yourselves.” — Unknown

152. “When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

153. “Holding grudges do nobody good. Speak your anger or let your anger go.” — Sarvesh Jain

154. “Life is what happens when you’re wasting time holding a grudge against people who aren’t spending a single moment thinking of you. ”

155. “The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone; only you’re the one who gets burned.” – Gautama Buddha

156. “We all make mistakes and everyone doesn’t always do what’s right. It might be intentional or not, we are humans. Don’t spend your life holding a grudge against someone for something they did so long ago. It turns your heart bitter and cold. People change, give them a chance to show you.” — Unknown

157. “I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything. ”

158. “Let your hands be so busy catching blessings that you don’t have the capacity to hold onto grudges.”

159. “There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do. It’s one reason why we love them so much, in fact. They are neither ‘good’ nor ‘bad.’ They don’t hold grudges, act in petty ways, or seek revenge. They read our moods, but not our minds.” – Jon Katz

160. “The worst grudge is being told that you are forgiven, yet your sins are still glowing in their hearts like a burning coal. ”― Michael Bassey Johnson

161. “However, holding a grudge is different from remembering.” — Laura McGee-Chiusano

162. “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”

163. “They say it’s good to let your grudges go, but I don’t know, I’m quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.” — Liane Moriarty

164. “DON’T BECOME THE DEVIL’S DINNER”

165. “Holding grudges is harboring hatred. Afterward, if these people who hate so much were honest, they might tell you about the pain they processed in letting hatred motivate them so much, and for so long.” – Michael Jean Nystrom-Schut

166. “I wasn't sure I'd been born with the ability to forgive. Not for terrors inflicted on those I loved. For myself, I didn't care- not nearly as much. But there was some fundamental pillar of steel in me that could not bend or break in this. Could not stomach the idea of letting these people get away with what they'd done.”

167. “Holding grudges only exacerbates the situation.” – Mark Boynton

168. “Well, let me tell you, your recollection of every last detail has nothing to do with memory. It's called holding a goddamn grudge. ...

169. “I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.”

170. “I don’t hold on grudges, you know. They’re like expired milk in the fridge. ” — Karen White

171. “ORDINARY MEN, EXTRAORDINARY MANDATE”

172. “Do not bear grudges. A heart full of grudges can never be fulfilled. ” — Gift Gugu Mona

173. “Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.” — Timothy Keller

174. “Holding a grudge is letting someone live rent-free in your head!” — Miriam Mukasa

175. “Holding onto anger only hurts you, not the person you are angry at.” – Unknown

176. “Singing songs that make you slit your wrists. ”

177. “Life is so short. The only person you hurt when you stay angry or hold grudges is you. Forgive everyone, including yourself.”

178. “I want to be with you forever and beyond. . . ”

179. “Emotional self-defense... When you set healthier relationship standards in your life, some people will take it personally. That’s their issue, not yours. The distance isn’t against them; it’s for you. It’s a boundary, not a grudge.”

180. “Holding a grudge will only affect you. The other person might not even care about the fact that you resent him or her.” – Foster J. Pickton

181. “You could hold on to more precious memories if your hands weren’t so full of the grudges you are carrying so closely.” — Unknown

182. “Holding grudges is like growing a garden of thorns in your heart. ”― Thandazo Perfect Khumalo

183. “IF YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, CHANGE IT!”

184. “Holding a grudge will only cause you pain and suffering. Forgiveness frees you from the past and is for your benefit. Being the better person trumps falling into his or her same behavior pattern.” — Deborah M. Parise, Break Free from Your Reins

185. “Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment. -Wicked. ”

186. “A grudge is like a cesspool; forgiveness like a flowing river. ”― Chris Northrup

187. “Holding a grudge will only destroy yourself. To forgive will cleanse it.” — Mark McCallister

188. “No one can force you to become a monster – you hurt someone and you create your own demons. ”

189. “Every man’s dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands. ”

190. “Holding grudges or resentments stops energy from flowing.” — Edward J. Langan, Creating With The Law Of Attraction

191. “Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory.” — A.M. Shine

192. “We forget what we say much more than what we hear, what we write much more than what we read, what we send much more than what we receive, that is why we barely count the insults we hand out to others, unlike those dealt out to us, which is why almost everyone harbors some grudge against someone.”

193. “If sincere, an apology is strong enough to uproot anger, bitterness, and grudges instantly. Its benefits are unlimited since they tend to set everyone free!”

194. “At some point, you have to forget about grudges because they only hurt.” – Taylor Swift

195. “A grudge is like a cesspool; forgiveness is like a flowing river. ” — Chris Northrup

196. “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

197. “Something to forgive is a purer joy than geometry.”

198. “Holding grudges. Judging others. Hating. Wanting to cause harm. Withholding forgiveness. Gossiping. Ridiculing. Ignoring others. Withholding mercy. Throwing stones. STOP IT!” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf)

199. “The Giant, once buried, now stirs.”

200. “The ego has a way to convince us that when you hold a grudge, the same situation won’t hurt you in the future. The truth is: When you hold a grudge, the same situation never stops hurting you. Let it go.” — Unknown

201. “Let today be the day you finally release yourself from the imprisonment of past grudges and anger. Simplify your life. Let go of the poisonous past and live the abundantly beautiful present…Today.” (Dr. Steve Maraboli)

202. “Holding grudges, kills your spirit, chops you down, faster than a cherry tree.” — Deborah

203. “Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change.” — Drake

204. “Imagine a future where you hold no grudges towards anyone. You’re not angry at past lovers, not bitter about failures, not disappointed in your parents. You forgive, send love and move on. You’re free.” — Unknown

205. “Walking alone is not difficult but when we have walked a mile worth a thousand years with someone then coming back alone is what is difficult. ”

206. “Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.” (John C. Maxwell)

207. “Holding grudges weighs you down, literally as well as metaphorically.” — Rachelle Katz

208. “To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.” (William H. Walton)

209. “Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” – Marianne Williamson

210. “Silence and grudges result in wars making change through power, not words.” — Linda Smith Kortemeyer

211. “Stop holding grudges against yourself. Quit thinking about what you could have done and what you should have done and what you didn’t do. Let go of the guilt.” — Jennifer LeClaire, Evenings with the Holy Spirit

212. “When you forgive, you heal. When you let go, you grow.” – Unknown

213. “Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory.”

214. “I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?”

215. “Holding on to grudges holds you back from achieving success. ”― Debasish Mridha

216. “Be Patient, God Hasn't Finished What He Started In Me...YET!"

217. “Sex might satisfy, food might fuel, love might sustain, but without coffee, what is the point?”

218. “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” – Buddha

219. “Just because I’m not forever by your side doesn’t mean that’s not precisely where I want to be. ”

220. “The Marriage Triangle”

221. “Holding grudges only exacerbates the situation. ” ― Corrie Ten Boom

222. “You may think that holding grudges is protecting you from being hurt again, but it’s really freezing your feelings in a very destructive state.” — Unknown

223. “I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not by maliciousness towards me. I have since freed myself from this needless burden.” — Steve Maraboli

224. “Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge the other guy’s out dancing. ” ― Lamees Alhassar

225. “But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. ”

226. “Holding grudges or resentments stops energy from flowing. ” ― Nelson Mandela

227. “Her formidable mind retained information like a steel trap. She held grammar rules the way other women held grudges.”

228. “The Giant, once well buried, now stirs.”

229. To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. ”― Confucius

230. “Some wounds run too deep for the healing.”

231. “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain

232. “I was angry with my friend:

233. “We cannot embrace God’s forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.” — T.D. Jakes

234. “When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet. ”― Steve Maraboli

235. “Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them.” (Sherrilyn Kenyon)

236. “I love you breathlessly, my amazing man. ”

237. “Holding grudges only exacerbates the situation.” — Mark Boynton

238. ‘They straightway left their nets and followed Him’ (Mt. 4:20). The Apostles did

239. “I REFUSE TO SHUT UP!”

240. “Holding grudges, having animosity, or harboring bad feelings towards someone else will keep you anchored to your past and prevent you from attaining all of the success that awaits you in your future.” – Lionel L. Nowell

241. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi

242. “Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.”

243. “The great ambition of women is to inspire love. ”

244. “Rather than hold grudges, I prefer to remember the lessons learnt to keep me prepared for our next encounter.” – Natalie Tomlinson

245. “If you withhold love as a form of punishment, who is being punished?”― Donald L. Hicks

246. “It’s all right to love someone who doesn’t love you back, as long as they’re worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it. ”

247. “I don’t hold grudges… I just cut people off. I don’t see a point in willingly subjecting myself to constantly being hurt by the same people.” – Nitya Prakash

248. “A pure soul actually carries nothing. No hatred, no hate. ” — Ghana Sodha

249. “Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people…but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.” — Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

250. “People will call it “holding grudges”. I call it, “I saw who you are, and I’m not unseeing it”.” — Unknown

251. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on. ”― Criss Jami

252. “True forgiveness deals with the past, all of the past, to make the future possible. We cannot go on nursing grudges even vicariously for those who cannot speak for themselves any longer. We have to accept that we do what we do for generations past, present and yet to come. That is what makes a community a community or a people a people-for better or for worse.” – Desmond Tutu

253. “An ability of counting the other people's blessings in place of your own blessings is called jealousy.”

254. “Grudges are often worse enemies than pain. ”― Erin Forbes

255. “Holding grudges is a learnt trait that is quite often modelled by parents or siblings and can be considerably difficult to unlearn.” — Amelia Ruscoe, Self-esteem: Ages

256. “Life is too short to hold grudges and harbor anger. Forgive, forget, and move on.” – Unknown

257. “Holding grudges, having animosity, or harboring bad feelings towards someone else will keep you anchored to your past, and prevent you from attaining all of the success that awaits you in your future. ” — Lionel L. Nowell

258. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” – Criss Jami, Salomé

259. “I don’t hold grudges. We are good. You may not hear from me again… But we are good.” — Unknown

260. “Grudge no expense – yield to no opposition – forget fatigue – till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome. ” — Maria Weston Chapman

261. “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” — Leviticus 19:18 (Bible Verse)

262. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. ”― Anne Lamott

263. “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.”

264. “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. ”― Charlotte Bronte

265. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. ” — Anne Lamott

266. “A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.” — William Arthur Ward

267. “Resentment and grudges are things we dare not collect in our spirits, for they will spoil and rot, producing poison that will contaminate our words as well as our actions.” — Rick Orrell

268. “The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you’re the one who gets burned. ” — Gautama Buddha

269. “Rage can be a very dangerous thing to harbor in one’s heart”― Lamees Alhassar

270. “Love me less, but love me for a long time. ”

271. “Grudges are often worse enemies than pain. ” — Erin Forbes

272. “Resentment and grudges are things we dare not collect in our spirits, for they will spoil and rot, producing poison that will contaminate our words as well as our actions.” – Rick Orrell

273. “Who has time for grudges?” — Mattew Abergel

274. “In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I’ll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace. ”

275. “Holding on to anger is like holding on to an anchor and jumping into the sea. If you don’t let it go, you’ll drown.” — Unknown

276. “Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. ”

277. “Resentment and holding grudges are impediments to growth. ” ― Donna Kendall

278. “For who could hate or bear a grudge, against a lovely bit of fudge?”

279. “The idea of letting go off the grudge is to deal with the pain without re-traumatizing self.” — Ryan Kent, Anger Management

280. “DON’T LET YOUR COMPLACENCY KILL YOU”

281. “Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion. ”

282. “Holding grudges is like growing a garden of thorns in your heart. ” — Thandazo Perfect Khumalo

283. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” – Anne Lamott

284. “Holding a grudge will only affect you. The other person might not even care about the fact that you resent him/her.” — Foster J. Pickton, Finally Happy

285. “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.” — Confucius

286. “Forgiveness is a release of resentment and it frees us to live peacefully in the present.” – Unknown

287. “Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong: it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free. ” — Dave Willis

288. “I’ve always hated the idea of carrying grudges and resentments around like a load of moldy suitcases.” – Victoria Coren Mitchell

289. “You changed my life. You changed my ways. I don’t even recognize myself these days. It must be a reflection of you, only you. ”

290. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. ” — Marianne Williamson

291. ” Anyone who knows me knows, 2 Corinthians 4:7 is one of my absolute favorite Scriptures in all the Bible! And because […]

292. “Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.” – Unknown

293. “Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories. ”

294. “Forgiveness doesn’t excuse their behavior, but it prevents their behavior from destroying your heart.” – Unknown

295. “I do not have the luxury to keep enemies or to hold grudges a lifetime, or to wallow in things that stresses me, my energy are entirely for those things that bring me peace and for them I'll pursue foolhardy”

296. “Hateful and hurtful thinking is always misguided and self-defeating. Ultimately, holding grudges is a form of self-serving control that keeps people at arm’s length.” — Michael Ra Bouchard, A User’s Guide to Your Mind

297. “You can never reach closure or peace with a situation until you stop holding grudges.” – Bonnie Eaker Weil

298. “Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.” – Suzanne Somers “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes

299. “When you hold grudges, your hands aren’t free to catch blessings.” — Unknown

300. “Resentment and grudges are things we dare not collect in our spirits, for they will spoil and rot, producing poison that will contaminate our words as well as our actions.” (Rick Orrell)

301. “Holding grudges. Judging others. Hating. Wanting to cause harm. Withholding forgiveness. Gossiping. Ridiculing. Ignoring others. Withholding mercy. Throwing stones. STOP IT!” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

302. “Tomorrow’s not promised. You may love someone; you may have a grudge because of something that they did to you, and it was unfair, but life’s not fair. Life is very short, so clean up your grudges. Let’s not hold them.” – Mya

303. “Denial is a major component in the grudge holding process. You can’t eliminate a problem that you don’t acknowledge.” — Wood Butler

304. “They say it’s good to let your grudges go, but I don’t know, I’m quite fond of my grudge. I tend to it like a little pet. ” — Liane Moriarty

305. “When we hold onto grudges and resentment, it’s like drinking poison and expecting the other person to get sick,” says Angela Buttimer, a licensed psychotherapist at Thomas F. Chapman Family Cancer Wellness at Piedmont.

306. “Resentment and holding grudges are impediments to growth.” – Donna Kendall

307. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” — Anne Lamott

308. “At first, it didn't sound like Carney. But then, Big Mike had tended his crop of grudges like a farmer, inspecting the rows, taking care they got enough water and fertilizer so that they grew big and healthy.”

309. ” (NIV) Solomon’s temple was finally complete. The work of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 […]

310. “I was asked about an emotional hack for letting go... Here's the truth; They are NEVER going to be sorry enough... You want THEM to bleed from the cut they gave YOU. It doesn't work that way. When you realize this, you can finally save your emotional energy and free yourself from the burden of holding a grudge... You can move on.”

311. ‘They straightway left their nets and followed Him’ (Mt. 4:20). The Apostles did Grudge Quotes Image

312. “Holding grudges is harboring hatred. Afterwards, if these people who hate so much were honest, they might tell you about the pain they processed in letting hatred motivate them so much, and for so long.” — Michael Jean Nystrom-Schut

313. “Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships. ” — Wayne Dyer

314. “CONTACTING GOD’S COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT”

315. “I don’t like to hold grudges, I don’t like to talk ill of people. ” — Jay Sean

316. “Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha

317. “Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge and harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people…but not those who have hurt us. Forget them. Instead, get even with those who have helped us. ” — Steve Maraboli

318. “When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt, but the two rarely meet.” – Steve Maraboli

319. “Life is too Short for Long-term grudges.” (Elon Musk)

320. “Rage can be a very dangerous thing to the harbor in one’s heart. ” — Lamees Alhassar

321. “I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.” – Sam Taylor-Johnson

322. “He who holds grudges against other people or hatred in his heart will never be truly happy until he has forgiven and let go of that anger by the best possible means.” – John Lennon

323. “If we think of our life as a journey, we don’t want to move into our future, lugging along the heavy baggage of our past. One way to lighten the load is to work on forgiveness and acceptance.” – Sonia Choquette

324. “One of the reasons the team on NCIS works so well-is that they live by their leader's rules-which are not a secret .

325. “The idea of letting go of the grudge is to deal with the pain without re-traumatizing self.” – Ryan Kent

326. “Never hold a grudge. Forgive others, and they will probably forgive you, too.” — Barbara A. Lewis, What Do You Stand For?

327. “That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you – without you asking. ”

328. “When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt, but the two rarely meet. ” — Steve Maraboli

329. “Holding grudges do nobody good. Speak your anger or let your anger go. ”― Sarvesh Jain

330. “Holding on to grudges holds you back from achieving success. ” — Debasish Mridha

331. “True love is born of experience, not fairy dust. ”

332. “The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” –Jack Kornfield

333. “Holding a grudge will only destroy yourself. To forgive will cleanse it.” – Mark McCallister

334. “Holding grudges do nobody good. Speak your anger or let your anger go. ” ― Sarvesh Jain

335. “I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not by maliciousness towards me. I have since freed myself from this needless burden.” (Dr. Steve Maraboli)

336. “Maria was not the kind of person who bore malice for injuries, and she was certainly not the kind of kidnapper who habitually stole babies from their heartbroken mothers, for the mere cynical pleasure of hearing them scream.”

337. “You are my glue. Without you, I’d be nothing but broken pieces. ”

338. “Forgive everyone who ever hurt you – really forgive them”.

339. “Don't mention your fortune in front of an unfortunate.”

340. “I learned a long time ago that you need to bury the hatchet. No need to hold grudges. That only weighs you down. ” ― Ken Shamrock

341. “We are all children of the Great Spirit; we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble, and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.” – Chief Seattle

342. “Forgiveness is not always easy, but it is necessary.” – Unknown

343. “Stop holding grudges, and forgiving is essential for moving toward your greatness. ” — Sherrie Flowers

344. “Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings, but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.” – Norman Vincent Peale

345. “Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual. ”

346. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” – R. Brault

347. “Some wounds run too deep for the healing. ”― J. K. Rowling

348. “Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived. ”

349. “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” – Buddha

350. “Holding grudges are like a tree holding onto its leaves in the fall. Better just let go.” – Richard S. Conde

351. “Forgive and forget. Not revenge and regret.” – Unknown

352. “He who holds grudges against other people or hatred in his heart will never be truly happy until he has forgiven and let go of that anger by the best possible means.” — John Lennon

353. “I’ll tell you what I hate – bands like My Chemical Romance. ”

354. “The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies.”

355. “Holding a grudge will only consume you, your judgment toward others and the individuals around you.” — Brad Taylor, Intentional Success

356. “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

357. “There are so many people whose minds do not belong to them. There are so many people whose thoughts have been purchased by people. There are so many people who have made people kings and queens of their thought. There are so many people who cannot sleep because of people. There are so many people whose lives are a small percentage of their own self and a greater percentage of others. When the offenses of people occupy your mind, your mind becomes the offenses of people instead of your own mind. To have your own mind and to be your own self, free your mind!”

358. “My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection. ”

359. “They say it’s good to let your grudges go, but I don’t know, I’m quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet. ”― Liane Moriarty

360. “I hold a strict policy of automatic grudges against people everyone likes.”

361. “There is no such thing as permanence at all. Everything is constantly changing. Everything is in a flux. Because you cannot face the impermanence of all relationships, you invent sentiments, romance, and dramatic emotions to give them certainty. Therefore you are always in conflict. ”

362. “At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you'll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.”

363. “Your Giant Will NEVER Be Bigger Than Your God!”

364. “Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong: it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” — Dave Willis

365. “I don’t hold grudges, you just become irrelevant.” — Unknown

366. “I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. ” — Bette Midler

367. “Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to-at best-three years. ”

368. “Love is three quarters curiosity. ”

369. “BIBLE STUDY WITH THE BIRDS!”

370. “The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.” — Unknown

371. “When tomorrows rising sun is going to bring hope of existence is uncertain,having ego and carry a grudge to a grave is bigger than one life.”

372. “Holding grudges is like a tree holding onto its leaves in the fall. Better just let go. ” — Richard S. Conde

373. “I have always liked the phrase 'nursing a grudge' because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts.”

374. “Your jealousy will last longer than the joy of those you are jealous of.”

375. “Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change.” – Drake

376. “Sensuality often hastens the “Growth of Love” so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up. ”

377. “There is enough heartache and sorrow in this life without our adding to it through our own stubbornness, bitterness, and resentment.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

378. “Romance is the icing but love is the cake. ”

379. “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

380. “Resentment and grudges are things we dare not collect in our spirits, for they will spoil and rot, producing poison that will contaminate our words as well as our actions. ” ― J. K. Rowling

381. “Then Thalia Grace became their leader and started recruiting even more young women to their cause, which grated on Nico – as if Bianca’s death could be forgotten. As if she could be replaced.”

382. “He who holds grudges against other people or hatred in his heart will never be truly happy until he has forgiven and let go of that anger by the best possible means. ” — John Lennon

383. “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”

384. “Rather than hold grudges, I prefer to remember the lessons learnt to keep me prepared for our next encounter.” (Natalie Tomlinson)

385. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on. ” — Criss Jami

386. “It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn’t about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability. ”

387. “I don’t hold on grudges, you know. They’re like expired milk in the fridge. ”― Karen White

388. “I have fallen in love with you, and there is no future for us. That you burst into my life suddenly only a short time ago. That it’s too fast, too soon, and you will leave the same way you came into my life. I’ll turn around one day and you’ll be gone. ”

389. “Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.” – Barbara Johnson

390. “I’m just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.” – Zachery Ty Bryan

391. “Life goes by too quickly. So laugh, love and try new things. Forgive, forget and don’t hold grudges. Choose to be happy.” — Unknown

392. “Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.” – Wayne W. Dyer

393. “Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge and harboring anger or resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people… but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead, get even with those who have helped us.” – Steve Maraboli

394. 'What are you talking about? He's held a grudge against you for centuries!''

395. “You take things too personally, Brekker. You should be focused on the job, but you’re too busy holding a grudge.”

396. “There’s enormous energy required to carry grudges ― enormous energy! And I’m getting too old to expend my energy that way because I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.” – Ed Koch

397. “Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.”

398. “If people don’t hold grudges, it means they just don’t care what people do.” — Fran Lebowitz

399. “As for kissing on the first date, you should never date someone whom you would not wish to kiss immediately. ”

400. “Pilots are drawn to flying because it’s a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure. ”

401. “To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.” – Confucius