The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves—say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze." ( , November 1913)
The true warrior isn't immune to fear. She fights in spite of it.
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.
You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.
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.
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.
Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things.
I blame God for all the good things that happened in my life to spite him I will be good to others
Pursuing your dreams in spite of opposition is a revolution against mediocrity. By challenging yourself, you transform those around you.
In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.
There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant.
I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.
Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
If God wishes to reveal the love that he harbors for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognize, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other.
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
