I choose to live by choice,not by chance; to make changes, not excuses; to be useful, not used; to choose self esteem,… — Simi Ngr Copy Share Image
They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos. — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Inside your own self pity there you swim, in sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you, and only with your… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Our problems that we created ourselves, are often not as great, as our problems that are created beyond our control. — John Reyes Copy Share Image
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“Falling into the trap of self-pity will get you no where in life. It's sorrowful endless cycle will keep you from reaching… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression. Isn't there some other way to… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia "Doesn't make yours any more fun to… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
“But, see, that kind of thinking only led to self-pity and that might be the quality I hated most in people. That… — Callie Harper Copy Share Image
If it weren't the problem of politics for me, it would be another. And yet, sometimes it's so difficult. And I feel… — Julie Nixon Eisenhower Copy Share Image
'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
It calls me closer, its calls me near Just once and it'll be over Death whispers in my ear Irresistible is its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I'm going to Hell in a basket Weaved in from my sins, Like wicker With little Wiccan ties As if I'm a… — Matthew Little Copy Share Image
“I suppose I should have died right then from pure misery and self-pity, but if those things were fatal, no one would… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. — John W Gardner Copy Share Image
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“The Leadership Seduction of storytelling invites self-pity, exaggerates one's importance, and encourages inaction.” — Catherine Robinson-Walker Copy Share Image
“People who play the victim role in their lives love to feel self-pity. They want you to think that what “happened” to… — Brooke Castillo Copy Share Image
Beating yourself up about a mistake you made is only going to make you more inclined to do it again. Just accept… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
“And in the sin of wanting always to be right, the punishment is knowing it isn't possible.” — Jennifer Clarvoe Copy Share Image
A sharp sense of the ironic can be the equivalent of the faith that moves mountains. Far more quicky than reason or… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
All my life I've been called unworthy by the voice inside my head filled with regret and shame. And all I have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-pity is, perhaps, the least becoming of all emotions, and we often indulge in it only beause we are too exhausted to… — Ivy Baker Priest Copy Share Image
The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. — Maya Angelou” — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“In times of suffering, don't turn inward to self-pity or outward to revenge, but turn to the lover of your soul, Jesus.” — Crystal Mary Lindsey Copy Share Image
I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Feeling sorry for yourself won't change anything. If you want things to change you have to get up and do something about… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I wish I could be a better me for you, but most of all, I wish I could be a better me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why wallow in a puddle of self pity when there's a sea of self acceptance and self realisation waiting for you?” — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
