Americans began by loving youth, and now, out of adult self-pity, they worship it. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“The solution to self-pity is found in the labor of selfless giving to others.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
You can never hope to pick yourself up if your always bringing yourself down. — Alexa Michalec Copy Share Image
“I felt like I needed to crawl under my blankets. And I did for about an hour. My self-pity always had a… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
I feel like the weight of the world is resting on my shoulders and there is nothing I can do to get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter. — Jon M. Huntsman Sr Copy Share Image
During a set back, don't sit back in self pity instead tell your heart to beat again! Nothing that happens to you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something. — John Keble Copy Share Image
Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength. — Mariane Pearl Copy Share Image
It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
“Anger and shame laced with loneliness spread throughout her, heating her to the core. Self-pity wasn’t something Bess would normally succumb to,… — Inger Iversen Copy Share Image
I think seriousness is a mask of self-importance and self-importance in turn is a mask for self-pity. So if you're really going… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Self-pity is the bestiality of emotions: it absolutely disgusts people. When you're feeling pity for yourself, and somebody says to you 'You… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
My heart has been broken, shattered and abused, but I don't wallow in self pity about It. I know I have been… — Blondie Copy Share Image
Although they understand their position as sons and daughters of God, they are tied up in knots, bound by a terrible feeling… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My calculations about how to stay alive and sane on this particular planet have clearly been at fault. Lots of people are… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I choose¦to live by choice, not by chance. To make changes, not excuses. To be motivated, not manipulated. To be useful, not… — Babloo Copy Share Image
“Today, Aaron decided, he would begin to grieve in earnest. He would walk the lonely beach, mocked by gulls, uncaring, his every… — Joseph Caldwell Copy Share Image
I have been lucky enough to fall in love, but unlucky enough for the relationship to last. Now it's more in the… — Shirley Copy Share Image
“Change is the law of life,' she said quietly. 'On the other hand,' I protested, 'some things don't change fast enough!' 'Like… — Barbara Cohen Copy Share Image
What will a Hillary Clinton presidency look like? The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential campaign, which… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessities: if this, then that, and so the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“We began our life together at a moment of natural self-pity and defeat that left an inimitable impression on both of us.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“until they bump into an obstacle that stymies them. If you encounter a problem with no immediate solution, your response to that… — Sarah Young Copy Share Image
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves.… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Self-pity takes away the strength needed to escape the predicaments you're in, don't pity yourself but start to empowering yourself daily and… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Feeling sad or lonely isn't a bad thing. But those emotions increase the risk that you'll cross the line into self-pity. — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
“I wept in self-pity, and because I knew you could never go back. You chose your path, and that was it.” — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
I just need a day off from reality, just a day without people's problems & all the bullshit running through my mind.! — Simi Ngr Copy Share Image
Pride is such a weak emotion rooted in self pity, vanity, and distortion of value, how can you ever value another or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
