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title: "Don't let that chip on your shoulder be your only reason for walking … — James Thurber Quote #61 | QuotesBy.net"
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> # Don't let that chip on your shoulder be your only reason for walking erect.

[James Thurber](https://quotesby.net/James-Thurber)\#61

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Don't let resentment or grievance be the sole motivation for maintaining your dignity.In plain termsDon't just stand tall because you are angry or carrying a grudge.What can you take from it?Dignity should not rely on bitterness.

### Where it applies

- conflict
- self improvement
- relationships

### Putting it to work

- find positive motivation
- release grudges

### Questions to consider

- What makes you stand tall?
- Is your pride healthy?

### Another view

Sometimes anger is the only fuel available to keep going.

## More from James Thurber

1. > A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is w…

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2. > A fish is like a dish that floats in the sea but is no greater than me.

[Permalink to quote \#62](https://quotesby.net/James-Thurber/62/ "Permalink to quote 62")
3. > The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.

[Permalink to quote \#59](https://quotesby.net/James-Thurber/59/ "Permalink to quote 59")

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