“I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate. ”

“I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.”

“I'd rather hate you for everything you are Than ever love you for something you are not I'd rather you hate me for everything I am Than have you love me for something that I can't" — Five Finger Death Punch”

“But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.”

“I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”

“Terry cooked for me, but I resented having to do dishes. As I saw it, Terry liked cooking-he enjoyed it, he told me so. Well, I didn't enjoy washing dishes- I hated it, and I'd told him so-and didn't see why I should have to do something I hated after he got to do something he liked. I mean, that wasn't fair, was it?”