Pity Quotes

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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal… — Francis of Assisi
Those who do not complain are never pitied. — Jane Austen
What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. — Joseph Addison
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity. — Stephen Vincent Benet
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. — William Blake
In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took… — Mary J. Blige
I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture… — Lionel Blue
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by… — W. E. B. Du Bois
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan… — David Brainerd
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
The sea has neither meaning nor pity. — Anton Chekhov
If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. — Lord Chesterfield
Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true… — Chris Van Allsburg
Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. — Maya Angelou
Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. — Jennifer Aniston
It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man… — Corazon Aquino
All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It] is an incapacity,… — Eugene H. Peterson
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive. — Gordon B. Hinckley

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