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Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along. -- Mignon McLaughlin
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. -- Denis Waitley
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. -- Christopher Reeve
Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords, as any polysyllable in the language. -- Charles Dickens
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. -- Anne Frank
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. -- Richard Dawkins
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. -- Charles Kingsley
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. -- Anne Frank
In spite of everything, I shall rise again -- Vincent Van Gogh
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. -- Kathleen Norris
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it. -- Will Rogers
You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. -- Jodi Picoult
The time is out of joint : O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right! -- William Shakespeare
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. -- Pearl S. Buck
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -- Victor Hugo
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. -- Edith Wharton
Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by the spirit of light. -- Boris Pasternak
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality. -- Clarence Darrow
The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt. -- Rollo May
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. -- James Whistler
You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. -- Walker Percy
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. -- Mary Astell
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him. -- Michelangelo
When, to gratify a private appetite, it is once resolved upon that an ignorant and helpless creature shall be sacrificed, it is an easy matter to pick up sticks enough from any thicket where it has strayed, to make a fire to offer it up with. -- Laurence Sterne
Spite will make a woman do more than love. -- Marguerite de Navarre
Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life. -- Samuel Johnson
Spite is our unjust reaction to the exposure of our incapability's. -- Jacob Frank
Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. -- George Farquhar
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. -- Victor Hugo
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. -- Paul Tillich
I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. -- Tahar Ben Jelloun
A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway. -- Christopher Reeve
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. -- Thomas Carlyle
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. -- Winston Churchill
In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country. -- Najib Razak
In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles. -- Carl von Clausewitz
In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school. -- Patrick White
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. -- Vincent Van Gogh
I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business. -- Valentino Garavani
I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage. -- Mark Udall
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. -- Fritz Kreisler
In spite of my own reservations about Bing's ability to convert Google users, I have to admit that the search engine does offer a genuine alternative to Google-style browsing, a more coherently organized selection of links, and a more advertiser-friendly environment through which to sell space and links. -- Douglas Rushkoff
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws. -- Nicolas Chamfort
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself, and in spite of her own struggles with alcohol. She was an immigrant who had never finished school. But she was also a Renaissance woman who read voraciously. She spoke several languages. -- Richard Carmona
It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to the moon, the planets, and the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, and certainty as we now make the voyage from Liverpool to New York! -- Jules Verne
Succeed in spite of management. -- Stephen Hawking
Obama is running again for spite. -- Mort Sahl
...faultless in spite of all her faults... -- Jane Austen
Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering. -- Dag Hammarskjold
Legend remains victorious in spite of history. -- Sarah Bernhardt
Nothing should be done for spite's sake. -- Winston Churchill
Courage is acting in spite of fear. -- Howard W. Hunter
Things work in spite of me sometimes. -- Will Smith
God loves you in spite of your mistakes -- Thea Harris
For others, in spite of myself, from myself. -- Emmanuel Levinas
God has loved us in spite of us. -- Steven J Lawson
Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius. -- Sam Kean
The anchor holds in spite of the storm -- Ray Boltz
I would never do anything just for spite. -- Justin Timberlake
A writer survives in spite of his beliefs. -- Alberto Moravia
I danced with passion to spite the music. -- Gelsey Kirkland
Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes. -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite. -- Natsuo Kirino
Determination in spite of the challenge makes us stronger. -- Ellen J. Barrier
Don't bite off your head to spite your nose. -- Mike Shannon
Tennis is still very successful in spite of itself. -- Jim Courier
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature. -- Luc de Clapiers
I became a writer in spite of my environments. -- Robert E. Howard
In spite of everything life is not without hope. -- Marilyn Monroe
Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. -- J. K. Rowling
You can't bite your nose off to spite your face. -- Paul Merson
Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. -- Don Marquis
Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear. -- Michael Hyatt
Common sense is in spite of, not because of age. -- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. -- Victor Hugo
God stays faithful to us in spite of our repeated failures. -- Jennifer Rothschild
My wicked heart will ramble on in spite of myself. (Arabella) -- Thomas Hardy
In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense. -- Amit Kalantri
Success is doing what it takes in spite of one's fear. -- Johnny Rutherford
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan
You don't get there because, you get there in spite of. -- Janet Collins
I'm successful in spite of my past, not because of it! -- Traci Lords
Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. -- Charles Baudelaire
He loves nature in spite of what it did to him. -- Forrest Tucker
In spite of your fear, do what you have to do. -- Chin-Ning Chu
I love nature, in spite of what it did to me. -- Bette Midler
God existed before every religion; He exists in spite of all religions. -- Danail Hristov
it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear -- Veronica Roth
You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them. -- Frank Langella
Eruptions of talent continue to happen in Haiti, in spite of everything. -- Ben Fountain
It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles. -- Henri Bergson
You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say. -- Benjamin Jowett
Is one to die voluntarily or to hope in spite of everything~? -- Albert Camus
Unconditional love is being connected to Source in spite on the conditions. -- Esther Hicks
I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me. -- Alfred de Musset
He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice. -- Patrick SÃ¼skind
...the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us. -- Melody Beattie
I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey. -- Daniel Day-Lewis
You don't want to bite your nose off to spite your face -- Paul Merson
If you stay alive for no other reason do it for spite -- Maria Bamford
I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director. -- Martin Scorsese
Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine! -- Lawrence Durrell
My parents stayed together for forty years. But that was out of spite. -- Woody Allen
American girls often marry someone they can't stand to spite someone they can. -- James Thurber
The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America. -- Henry Rollins
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity. -- Christian Nestell Bovee
You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe. -- Whoopi Goldberg
God uses us in spite of who we are, not because of it. -- Andrew Wommack
Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is in spite of pain. -- Jon Foreman
In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. -- Bertrand Barere
The true warrior isn't immune to fear. She fights in spite of it. -- Francesca Lia Block
In spite of everything, I still have my good old sense of humor. -- Sylvia Plath
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I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. -- Agatha Christie
In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late. -- Kin Hubbard
The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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