If you’re an entrepreneur, you know that success requires hard work, determination, and resilience. But it’s also important to have a strong ethical compass, and to stay true to your values. This can be difficult when the going gets tough, but it’s essential for maintaining your integrity. That’s why I’ve compiled some cruelty quotes from notable figures in business and entrepreneurship. These wise words will remind you of the importance of treating others with respect, even when times are tough.

The best cruelty quotes

1. Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened. — Thrity Umrigar, The World We Found

2. When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like–full of cruelty and hypocrisy. — Vivienne Westwood

3. To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

4. Old people deserves a medal, a medal of existence which crowns their long–term victory against the cruelty of time and the dangers of this chaotic universe! — Mehmet Murat ildan

5. Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect For what they have been: ’tis a cruelty To load a falling man. — William Shakespeare

6. Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo

7. There are moments when indignation can rouse even a seemingly hardened prisoner–indignation not about cruelty or pain, but about the insult connected with it. — Viktor E. Frankl

8. There is a certain beauty in our intrinsic human cruelty. — youssef

9. If I’m a monster, mademoiselle, it’s because man’s cruelty has made me so. — Rachel L. Demeter, Beauty of the Beast

10. To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. — Maximilien Robespierre

11. Do not build a castle around one act of kindness — do not build an empire around one act of cruelty.

12. Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without. — Rue Mcclanahan

13. Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears. — Publilius Syrus

14. The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol. — Pamela Anderson

15. It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it. — Walter Scott

16. You are cruel, Sarah. We are well matched, you and I. I need your cruelty, just as you need mine. — A.C.H. Smith

17. To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency — to forgive them is cruelty.

18. Cruelty and intolerance to those who do not belong to it are natural to every religion. — Sigmund Freud

19. Anything less than full justice is cruelty. — William Penn

20. Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. — Mason Cooley

21. It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

22. In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There’s a cruelty to childhood, there’s an anger. — Maurice Sendak

23. Lust, anger, attachment, greed, over pride be, Jealousy, selfishness, injustice, cruelty, ego truly;–153– — Munindra Misra, Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

24. To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

25. When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like–full of cruelty and hypocrisy. — Vivienne Westwood

26. Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us? — Soledad O

27. Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us? — Soledad O

28. I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity. — Veronica Roth

29. Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened. — Thrity Umrigar, The World We Found

30. In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There’s a cruelty to childhood, there’s an anger. — Maurice Sendak

31. It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy. — Mercy Otis Warren

32. Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind. — Veronica Roth

33. I always take credit for my acts of cruelty. To do otherwise is cowardice. — Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

34. If I’m a monster, mademoiselle, it’s because man’s cruelty has made me so. — Rachel L. Demeter, Beauty of the Beast

35. The cruelty of fate is that I must travel with the people I hate when the people I love are dead behind me. — Veronica Roth

36. Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears. — Publilius Syrus

37. To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

38. Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens. — Russell Simmons

39. Cruelty and intolerance to those who do not belong to it are natural to every religion. — Sigmund Freud

40. Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect For what they have been: ’tis a cruelty To load a falling man. — William Shakespeare

41. Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us. — Robinson Jeffers

42. To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. — Maximilien Robespierre

43. All cruelty springs from weakness. — Seneca

44. Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears. — Publilius Syrus

45. I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons. — William Hogarth

46. Anger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty. — Sathya Sai Baba

47. Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change. — Martin Amis, Time’s Arrow

48. When cruelty is inflicted on innocent people, it discredits whatever cause. — Ronald Reagan

49. Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened. — Thrity Umrigar, The World We Found

50. Farewell, fair cruelty. — William Shakespeare

Conclusion

We should always remember that cruelty has no place in the world. No matter what we do, we should never forget that kindness is always the most important thing. It is only through understanding, compassion, and respect that we can create a better world for everyone.