Despised Quotes

“TRUTH

Whenever you stand up
For your conscience,
Be prepared to be hated
By the wicked.
But never, ever,
Let that scare you;
For whenever you
Stand up for God,
By him,
You are loved.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Oppression doesn’t make people noble. Give any of us a little comfort, and we’ll kill to keep it. The despised become despicable.”
― Victor LaValle, Big Machine

“Fuck the meek. The despised will inherit the earth!”
― Victor LaValle, Big Machine

“You won't be accepted before you're rejected; You won't be celebrated before you're despised... Pay your dues first!”
― Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“The shield wall reeks of shit, and all a man wants is to be home, to be anywhere but on this field that prepares for battle, but none of us will turn and run or else we will be despised for ever. We pretend we want to be there, and when the wall at last advances, step by step, and the heart is thumping fast as a bird’s wing beating, the world seems unreal.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Flame Bearer

“The task of literature, it seems, is precisely to present, as people worthy of respect and pity, all those who in life are commonly despised. Thus authors adopt a rather lofty position in relation to the rest of the world, taking upon themselves the role of sole defenders of the aforesaid despised, assuming the role of judges, defence, and prosecution rolled into one, and undertaking the hard task of educating the masses and purveying great ideas.”
― Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Immortal Love

“I glance back and see that he has stopped moving. He's sitting on the ground, looking at his hand. Looking at his ring. 'He despised me.' His voice sounds light, conversational. Like he's forgotten where he is.

'Balekin?' I ask, thinking of what I saw at Hollow Hall.

'My father.' Cardan snorts. 'I didn't much know the others, my brothers and sisters. Isn't that funny? Prince Dain- he didn't want me in the palace, so he forced me out.'

I wait, not sure what to say. It's disturbing to see him like this, behaving as though he might have emotions.

After a moment, he seems to come back to himself. His eyes focus on me, glittering in the dark. 'And now they're all dead.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I’d been fighting the idea for weeks. It kept coming to my mind and I kept battling it out. No matter how hard I fought against it, I found myself veering towards that which I despised.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose