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Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep.

Oh, there's tons of resentment. That's normal. I can't control that, and I don't worry about it.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

Considering the importance of resentment in our lives, and the damage it does, it receives scant attention from psychiatrists and psychologists. Resentment is a great rationalizer: it presents us with selected versions of our own past, so that we do not recognize our own mistakes and avoid the necessity to make painful choices.

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.

I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.