Pity Quotes · Page 41

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.

— Matthew Fox

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

It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re…

— Aldous Huxley

I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I…

— Henry James

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

— Eugene H. Peterson

Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

— Euripides

I literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with.

— Rose McGowan

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then…

— Napoleon Hill

“After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born…

— W.E.B. DuBois

Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;…

— George Washington

Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

God shall not pity them but laugh at their calamity. The righteous company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's…

— Thomas Boston

Pity is always twinged with disgust.

— Daniel Quinn

Think not thou canst sigh a sigh And thy maker is not by; Think not thou canst weep a tear And thy…

— William Blake

Uncontrolled temper is soon dissipated on others. Resentment, bitterness, and self-pity build up inside our hearts and eat away at our spiritual…

— Jerry Bridges

I wished to be loved by another,' [Éowyn] answered. 'But I desire no man's pity.

— Anonymous

Pity the married couple who expect too much from one another.

— Ruth Graham

I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people if they…

— Agatha Christie

“I sing of those who cannot. To view human suffering as an abstraction, as a statement about how plucky we all are,…

— Andre Dubus

I pity the fellow who has to create a dialect or paraphrase the dictionary to get laughs. I can't spell, but I…

— Mark Twain

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author.

— Jim Rohn

I think the French have come to grips with their past, and that was true up until about - until the '70s.…

— Robert O. Paxton

When will you have a little pity for every soft thing that walks through the world, yourself included.

— Mary Oliver

Pity and friendship seek different habitations.

— Helen Hunt

There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.

— Honore de Balzac