Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of not giving in to feelings of resentment or negativity. It urges us to avoid becoming bitter, even in challenging or disappointing circumstances. Succumbing to bitterness can have detrimental effects on our mental and emotional well-being, preventing personal growth and hindering relationships. Instead, the quote encourages us to choose a more positive outlook, focusing on resilience, forgiveness, and finding solutions rather than getting trapped in bitterness.

By Martin Luther King, Jr.

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Committee--a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.

Committee--a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I th

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the to

For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently.

William Shakespeare

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

You only get to keep what you give away.

You only get to keep what you give away.

We have more information now than we can use, and less knowl

We have more information now than we can use, and less knowledge and understanding than we need. Indeed, we seem to collect information because we have the ability to do so, but we are so busy collecting it that we haven't devised a means of using it. The true measure of any society is not what it knows but what it does with what it knows.

We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linke

We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.

Marcus Manilius

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand.

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of natur

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white br

Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.

Life Human City Alive Summer Description

Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this

Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man. Because all Americans just must have the right to vote. And we are going to give them that right. All Americans must have the privileges of citizenship regardless of race. And they are going to have those privileges of citizenship regardless of race.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a sin

The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron