Quotes about Meanness

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In stating these matters, I speak an open and disinterested language, dictated by no passion but that of humanity. To me — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
Unfulfilled expectations bring unhappiness. Comparisons fill life with meanness. Avoid both to fill life with joyfulness — Debasish Mridha
Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but — Andy Rooney, Sincerely, Andy Rooney
We do not engage in idle or intentional gossip which undermines someone else's integrity or which spreads the seeds of f — Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion
In my 14 years of existence, I've never had a girl write nice things about me. I want to cry, and I think of that night — Megan Jacobson, Yellow
I saw cities, and roads of marvelous construction. I saw cruelty and greed, but I've seen them here too. I saw a people — Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire
Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE. — Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
In this world where too many are willing to see only the light that is visible, never the Light Invisible, we have a dai — Dean Koontz, Brother Odd
No mean person is mean all the time. The whole point of being mean is to fluctuate so that you can hold out the hope for — Stefan Molyneux
That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made — Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust: a Novel of the Dust Bowl
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not — Bryant McGill
Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I do — Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Playful, positive sarcasm is different from negative mean sarcasm, and many people don't know the difference. — Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize — Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
Love is responsible for nearly every kind of insanity in the world though greed, vanity, and pure meanness contribute th — P.N. Elrod, Dark and Stormy Knights
If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside. — Phil Lester
Inside the music like this, she understood many things. She understood that Simon was a disappointed man if he needed, a — Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
She wondered if all boys were like this, their meanness a self defense. — Omar El Akkad, American War