It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.
Bette Davis
Related It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people. MILES FRANKLIN It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not. JULIE DE LESPINASSE It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not. JAVAN It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for something you are not. ANDRé GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. ANDRE GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. ANDRé GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. ANDRE GIDE It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ANDRE GIDE I'd rather be hated for hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. KURT COBAIN Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say. MARIO CANTONE While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored. VIET THANH NGUYEN I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. KURT COBAIN I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. KURT COBAIN here is my sermon-we have to realized that sometimes, something or someone that we hated the most ar... EJUMP - 2017 I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. KURT COBAIN I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at le... KAT GRAHAM Your not making it in anywhere in life if your not hated or disliked by at least one person to be ha... JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. The one who is hated by all can still be loved by God if his heart is pure. KOWSALAPATHY I'm closer to being happy. I'm doing things that make me happy. In football I loved to pract... RICKY WILLIAMS Think before acting, you get remembered by people either by being hated or being loved and being hat... SAEED AWAD who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody. J.D. SALINGER TRUTH Whenever you stand up For your conscience, Be prepared to be hate... SUZY KASSEM TRUTH Whenever you stand up For your conscience, Be prepared to be hated SUZY KASSEM What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA He's a guy who will go down as hated by a lot of people and loved by a lot of people. CHARLES WHEELER You may not feel if you are being loved. However, you will, if you are being hated. WOHI PURANA Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderfu... ERICA JONG That was the worst kind of hypocrisy, right? Hating someone for something you hated about yourself? BRIGID KEMMERER Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love a... GERMANY KENT Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs. J. D. SALINGER I had never been this mad at her before. It was one thing to be attacked by someone you hated, but t... KAMI GARCIA Don't tell a lie to be loved, speak the truth to be hated. MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way ... W. R. [WILLIAM RALPH] INGE Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way ... WILLIAM RALPH INGE I will be the first to admit that getting votes and getting an audience are two different things. Fo... RUSH LIMBAUGH To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Dante, who loved well because he hated, / Hated wickedness that hinders loving. ROBERT BROWNING Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart... GERMANY KENT If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away. BEAU MIRCHOFF He always hated that hed never be able to donate blood for someone else, ANGELA ADAMS He always hated that he’d never be able to donate blood for someone else, ANGELA ADAMS Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT You must find a boy your own age. Someone mild and beautiful to be your lover. Someone who will trem... JANET FITCH I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched t... JOHN GREEN I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched t... JOHN GREEN A person who hasn't hated never loved. EPHDAN He always hated that hed never be able to donate blood for someone else, ANGELA ADAMS Sometimes its better to be selfish one or accept yourself as worst among all. The statement given by... AGHA KOUSAR To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn. MARCEL JOUHANDEAU To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn. MARCEL JOUHANDEAU To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn MARCEL JOUHANDEAU Bette Davis was a close friend. She loved to have a good time. DEBBIE REYNOLDS To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction. MINNA ANTRIM To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR If the placebo effect was a week or two, I would understand that and say, 'Yes, youre right.' You kn... BOB GREEN To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD if youre never scared, or embarased, or hurt, it means you never take any chances. JULIA SOREL The problem often is that aspiring brands wish to be universally loved. Unfortunately, universal lov... NIRMALYA KUMAR If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug... GARY F EVANS... When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of. FRANCESCO TOTTI Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN She hated her job the same way I hated my jobs because she knew she was worth more, but she also hat... TAWNI O'DELL Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF But remember that in order to symbolize everything to everyone, you will be both loved and hated. BONNIE HUIE I love to love and to be loved, yet hate to hate and to be hated. KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL I think its kind of going to be a pain. It's not going to be worth it for half the people on campus. GEORGE KENNEDY aliens are living on earth for along time,for those who think im talking about another race youre wr... RAJA Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the lov... BIBLE She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books. HILDA VAN STOCKUM either you get eaten by a wolf today or else the shepherd saves you from the wolf so he can sell you... OGDEN NASH Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... CRAIG GROESCHEL There's nothing stupid about wanting to be loved. Believe me. NINA LACOUR I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays? JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. BETTE DAVIS There are many ways to the life we live,
none so right, or so profound, as the one
that is uniquely ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them... GERMANY KENT An anti-Semite used to mean a man who hated Jews. Now it means a man who is hated by Jews. JOSEPH SOBRAN If you want to be different, if you want to be better than normal, then you must live differently. CRAIG GROESCHEL Cars are usually the second largest purchase for most people, right after their house. It makes sens... DAVE KINNEY love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign . . ... J.K. ROWLING If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar A hoper a pray-er a magi... SHEL SILVERSTEIN You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions we... STEPHENIE MEYER It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I... JOHN GREEN A bar of iron costs $5, made into horseshoes its worth is $12, made into needles its worth is $3500,... SOURCE UNKNOWN Don’t settle for living mediocre. Focus on all the positive and embrace it. Ignore the negative an... GERMANY KENT Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood. LEONARDO DA VINCI The man who spreads hatred will become hated but it doesn’t follow that the man who spreads love w... DANIEL KEMP Land of good, manners.the iniquity and sins of your itchy that you like to keep in your chest, and h... MOHAMED Sometimes, you are just someone that people wants to be and not who you want yourself to be. JOAN COLLEEN R. KATIPUNAN Everybody came in to see Suicide to be entertained, and all we did was give them back the street, in... ALAN VEGA Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A... MELINA MARCHETTA Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody ha... D. J. HICKS Support is not always easy to come by if you wait for the world to see your worth. Discover your own... SEREDA ALETA DAILEY We should not expect everyone to be tough and not feel anything when offended. No one is meant to ha... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder... CHARLES DICKENS The odds are definitely better on getting the right job than getting a good partner for life. Someon... MIKA BRZEZINSKI If you see something wrong, and you know it is wrong, and you see others believing it as a truth, th... HUSSEIN WAEL SHAHADHA You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain. CRAIG GROESCHEL
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