Pity Quotes

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

— William Shakespeare

“Don't ever pity me.”

— Simone Elkeles

Pity is a benign form of abuse.

— Michael J. Fox

Self-pity makes people callous.

— Mason Cooley

“Don't pity me, save me.”

— Tara Spears

Pity swells the tide of love.

— Edward Young

“I pity you, FOOL!”

— Mr. T

“Pity is a useless emotion”

— Jackson Pearce

“Don't worry,' my girl said, 'I'll teach you to outwit pity.”

— Danielle Bennett

The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

— Woodrow Wilson

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

— Voltaire

My Friends said such a pity, sorry that you lost that girl

— McFly

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Pity is always twinged with disgust.

— Daniel Quinn

“And so does pity lead straight to disaster.”

— Naomi Novik

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

— Sebastian Horsley

Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

— Max Lucado

We see how much a man has, and therefore we envy him; did we see how little he enjoys, we should rather…

— Jeremiah Seed

It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.

— Chris Hardwick

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone’s pain, it become compassion.

— Stephen Levine

However, when we are depressed, being reminded of other people's suffering only serves to increase our self-hatred.

— Dorothy Rowe

Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.

— Mariane Pearl

But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.

— Jonathan Lethem

Unfortunately, in the environment, I don't see as much willingness to invest heavily in R&D as I do in consumer technology. And…

— Ramez Naam

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

— Dorothy Parker

Have charity towards all beings. Pity those who are in distress. Love all creatures. Do not be jealous of anyone. Look not…

— Swami Vivekananda

“She didn't want pity. Just to love a man and have a man love her. This was nothing to apologize for or…

— Robin Schwarz

Pity goes hand in hand with contempt. Don't ever forget that, Liberty. You can't take handouts or help from anyone, because that…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Their hearts began to swell with the pity that one feels for a fellow being who has lost both his way and…

— Caryl Phillips

People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then,…

— Barbara Walters

I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the…

— Jason Mraz

“However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if…

— Herman Melville

“I lowered my hands and stared at the tiny horse, considering his question. I couldn’t think of anyone I’d ever felt sorry…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Do you not think that sometimes when matters are at the worst with us, when we appear to have done all which…

— James Anthony Froude

This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or…

— Wilfred Owen

Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It]…

— Eugene H. Peterson

We are repeatedly left, in other words, with no further focus than ourselves, a source from which self-pity naturally flows. Each time…

— Joan Didion

Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving…

— William Shakespeare

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus telling him to kill women, and he was locked up for…

— Richard Dawkins