Pity Self Quotes
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Pity Self Quotes & Sayings
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Pity is a useless emotion
— Jackson Pearce
If we have a relationship with Jesus Christ and believe the Bible to be the Word of God, then we have no room for wallowing in the swamp of self-pity.
— Lois Mowday Rabey
You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.
— Og Mandino
You ain't no woodstove; you can't just squat in the middle of my house and stew.
— Catherynne M Valente
Can you drown in grief? She turned away sharply, angry with her own frailty. She had no time for the luxury of self-pity.
— George R R Martin
But God considers the sins of unforgiveness, anger, hatred, self-pity, lovelessness, and revenge to be just as bad as any others.
— Stormie O'martian
Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.
— Dorothy West
Self -pity is the worst form of poison. It kills a person without the person realizing it ~ Aarush Kashyap
— Kirtida Gautam
Almost all sadness comes from feeling sorry for oneself.
— Marty Rubin
Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry.
— Alexander McCall Smith
Self-pity isn't helpful, kid. It isn't worthy of you.
— Rick Riordan
Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.— Mariane Pearl
There is no freedom from the evil of your own heart.''There is no freedom in helpless self-pity and remorse. — Michael Grant
Try not to sing too many sad songs for yourself. The universe already hates you. Self-pity isn't going to help.
— Richard Kadrey
Do not pity yourself. If you wallow in self-pity, life will be an endless nightmare.
— Kafka Asagiri
Self Pity is the most miserable party to go to, because, in case you haven't noticed, you're the only one who is there ...
— Joyce Meyer
I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.
— Joyce Meyer
Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. Curly
— Maya Angelou
Self-pity is ... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Self-pity ? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage.
— E. M. Forster
Self-pity is, perhaps, the least becoming of all emotions, and we often indulge in it only beause we are too exhausted to resist.
— Ivy Baker Priest
Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.
— Aidan Chambers
Suffering ... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread.
— Michael Pollan
Inside your own self pity there you swim, in sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you, and only with your laughter can you win.
— Joni Mitchell
No decent art ever came out of self-pity.
— Rene Steinke
Self-pity is a weakness. I don't blame them or anybody for not having a normal life. Life isn't easy for anyone.
— Greg Aunapu
They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.
— Marianne Moore
Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.
— Mason Cooley
Choosing to Let Go crashes the pity party thrown by all the "What ifs" and "If onlys.
— Justin Young
I'm going to Hell in a basketWeaved in from my sins
Like wicker
With little Wiccan ties
As if I'm a witch
Accused — Matthew Little
Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?
— Stephen King
In a state of self-pity, one may retreat from the world in which one has been blessed to live.
— Amor Towles
It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
— Manly Hall
Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man's (or woman's) thoughts and attitudes.
— Erwin W. Lutzer
Thus the engine of self-pity began to turn.
— Ian McEwan
Tom envied him with a heartbreaking surge of envy and self-pity.
— Patricia Highsmith
Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
— Oswald Chambers
How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.
— Morrie Schwartz.
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.
— Millicent Fenwick
He denounced self-pity and pitied himself.
— Jeffrey Toobin
I wasn't lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning.
— Charles Bukowski
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?
— Mason Cooley
Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life.
— Anthony Powell
Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.
— Paul Monette
Self-pity can make one weep, as can onions.
— Jerry A. Fodor
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
— Dave Matthews
You'll do well, if you don't mire in self-pity. Self-pity only gets you more of the same. Don't waste time on it.
— Robin Hobb
Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Self-pity is better than none.
— Phyllis Diller
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
— Eckhart Tolle
Although, at times, self-pity can feel strangely comforting, when it becomes too comfortable, you'll never leave.
— Charles F. Glassman
Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.
— Julia Cameron
It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.
— Chris Hardwick
It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished.Mrs. Miracle — Debbie Macomber
Instead of complaining about your situation, actually do something about it. Playing "poor me" just ain't sexy.
— Miya Yamanouchi
I wept in self-pity, and because I knew you could never go back. You chose your path, and that was it.
— Juliet Marillier
Practically all the sadness we experience in life comes from our feeling sorry for ourselves.
— Marty Rubin
Self-pity is wasted emotion. It merely prolongs whatever trauma you suffered by keeping it alive in your head. Dude, you survived it. Move on.
— Karen Marie Moning
I feel sorry for myself. To let me be myself for some period of time and found out that all of her phrases wont make any difference.
— Ariel Seraphino
So, using his pride like a shield against despair, dejection, and-most importantself-pity, Raoden raised his head to stare damnation in the eyes. — Brandon Sanderson
One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.
— V.S. Pritchett
Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either
— Garrison Keillor
Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
— Stephen Vincent Benet
I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
— Randy Pausch
You know this is called self-pity. You don't care.
— Taylor Jenkins Reid
But even Superman can be broken. Self-destruction, too, is a kind of kryptonite. — Danielle Valenilla
