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Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami

I have come to love you in spite of
Do I want to be loved in spite of? ... Does anyone? — Darin Strauss

I'd encourage Ann to cling to God's character in spite of what her circumstances screamed. — K. Howard Joslin

I once tried to raise two tomato plants, and they died in spite of the fact I fertilized them every morning. Duh. — Clyde Edgerton

Anybody who has ever "gotten it" by following some so-called method, has gotten it in spite of the method, not because of it. — Lee Lozowick

In spite of our penury and deprivation, we did not ever lose faith in God. If — M.C. Mary Kom

I am ignorant and impotent and yet, somehow or other, here I am, unhappy, no doubt, profoundly dissatisfied ... In spite of everything I survive. — Aldous Huxley

In spite of all that happened at Hamburg, bombing proved a relatively humane method. — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it. — Paul Mooney

Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them. — T. Harv Eker

But still, if I don't consult a doctor it is from spite. My liver is bad, well - let it get worse! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mothers can be so dense. Just act like you approve of what we're doing. We'll soon do the exact opposite, just to spite you. — Cat Clarke

Free will," she agreed, "our greatest gift, the thing that makes life worth living, in spite of all the anguish it brings. — Dean Koontz

"But I got saved that way!" No, you got saved in spite of that way not because of that way. — Paul Washer

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. — Victor Hugo

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government. — Rick Perry

In spite of everything life is not without hope. — Marilyn Monroe

This day's nothingness
as if from spite
became a flame
and scorched the lips
of children and poets. — Adam Zagajewski

[W]e all incline in astonishingly personal ways to idiocy and spite — Alain De Botton

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved
loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. — Victor Hugo

Succeed in spite of management. — Stephen Hawking

We can't pick our families or where we come from, Jet. All we can choose is who we want to become in spite of them, and because of them. — Jay Crownover

Happiness is something that just happens because of the arrangement of circumstances, but joy endures in spite of circumstances. — John Hunter

The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations — Michael K. Williams

In spite of our proud domination of nature, we are still her victims, for we have not even learned to control our nature. — C. G. Jung

A Hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. — Christopher Reeve

As for Thea, sometimes she looked more barbarous than they did in spite of the civilized lipstick and conventional shape of the jodhpurs she wore. — Saul Bellow

If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death. — Paul Ricoeur

In spite of all the tragedy and cruelty, all humans have a kind heart, great spirit, and an insatiable love for the humanity. — Debasish Mridha

She had to survive if for no other reason than to spite the world.

Kova, Elise. Fire Falling (Air Awakens Series Book 2) — Elise Kova

The old adage was true; the surest proof of the Faith is that it has survived for two thousand years....in spite of the men that run it. — Val Bianco

The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or moreover, loved in spite of ourselves. — Victor Hugo

Even if Hitler at the last moment would want to avoid war which would destroy him he will, in spite of his wishes, be compelled to wage war. — Emil Ludwig

It's a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible. — Henrik Ibsen

We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Trusting God means thinking and acting according to God's word in spite of circumstances, feelings, or consequences. — Warren W. Wiersbe

In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it. — Lawrence Welk

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. — Don Marquis

Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful. — Jack Kornfield

The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true. — Rob Bell

The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise. Miguel de Cervantes — Cecilia London

Jesus did not come as a servant in spite of the fact that he is God; he came precisely because of the fact that he is God. — John Ortberg

Thus, in spite of his solitude, or in consequence of his solitude, his life was exceedingly full. — Leo Tolstoy

Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering. — Dag Hammarskjold

Why do
You thus devise
Evil against her?' 'For that
She is beautiful, delicate;
Therefore. — Adelaide Crapsey

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. — Don Marquis

God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness. — Elisabeth Elliot

You can't come in, colonel," she told him. "You may be in command of your war, but I'm in command of my house. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them. — E. Stanley Jones

I know you are always finding ways to love me in spite of how horrible I am, I hope I haven't run out of chances. — Ann Brashares

To those who, in spite of everything, still choose goodness — Marie Lu

It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss. — Michel Quoist

The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order. — Victoria Woodhull

I point out. It was the most foolish, jape-fisted bit of buffoonery I have ever seen, and I am impressed in spite of that. — Robin LaFevers

You don't want to bite your nose off to spite your face — Paul Merson

It will be a beautiful family talk, mean and worried and full of sorrow and spite and excitement. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything. — Jack Kornfield

The plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us. — Melody Beattie

For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary ... — Patrick O'Brian

It's very silly," she said, "but I go on with it in spite of myself. I'm afraid I'm too easily pleased; no novel is so silly I can't read it. — Henry James

In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself. — Katie Roiphe

She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite. — Lauren DeStefano

In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally. — Jim Balsillie

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. — Tahar Ben Jelloun

If we manage to last in spite of everything, it is because our infirmities are so many and so contradictory that they cancel each other out. — Emile M. Cioran

Sometimes, Stukeley wondered if the captain, in spite of his considerable powers, was blessed with the memory of a goldfish. — Justin Somper

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

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves. — M.H. Abrams

Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it. — Sean Penn

A friend worth knowing tolerates your flaws while a friend worth keeping loves you in spite of them. — K.E. Garvey

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian. — Vikram Seth

His hand around hers was strong and warm, and in spite of her confusion and hesitation, she never wanted to let go. — Trinity Faegen

Joy comes from knowing that God is at work in your life in spite of your circumstances. — Jim George

They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say. — Edward Lear

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

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from. — Mahatma Gandhi

Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party. — Victor Hugo

In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning. — Andy Rooney

The story was heavy in her hands, the book spread open like legs, the letters very small i spite of describing such a big moment — Natalia Jaster

To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man. — Anton Chekhov

Don't cut off your nose yourself. — Casey Stengel

An intelligent wife can make her home, in spite of exigencies, pretty much what she pleases. — William Makepeace Thackeray

There's no Hell to spite the sinners. There's no Heaven for the blessed. God is not what you imagine. — Neil Gaiman

The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: It exists in spite of its ministers. — Heinrich Heine

If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another. — Ovid

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. — J.K. Rowling

There can't be a quarrel without two parties, and I won't be one. I will be a friend to you in spite of you. So now you know what you've got to expect — Charles Dickens

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.
(Letter to Cynthia Asquith, November 1913) — D.H. Lawrence

In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late. — Kin Hubbard

I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite. — Vincent Gallo

Organized religious institutions are in for a huge transformation, for the simple reason that people have become genuinely religious in spite of them. — Marianne Williamson

You are truly classy if you manage to speak politely in spite of anger boiling inside you. — Saru Singhal

I don't know whether there is a God but there sure is someone acting out of spite — Abraham Sutzkever

What can you answer? Now be careful, don't arouse my spite, Or with my slipper I'll take you napping,
faces slapping
Left and right. — Aristophanes

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit. — H.E. Davey

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. — Stephen Gardiner

In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English. — Bertrand Barere

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are — Guy Finley