Pity Quotes

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If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of… — Neal A. Maxwell
Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness. — Earl Nightingale
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes… — Agatha Christie
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of… — Vilayat Inayat Khan
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. — Millicent Fenwick
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is… — Philip Kapleau
Many people have said to me, "What a pity you had such a big family to raise." "Think of the novels and the short stories… — Olga Masters
When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and… — Henry Ward Beecher
In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Love does nothing but make you weak! It turns you into an object of pity and derision-a mewling pathetic creature no more fit to live… — Teresa Medeiros
The comfortable people in tight houses felt pity at first, and then distaste, and finally hatred for the migrant people. — John Steinbeck
I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's character. I pity the Christian who does not reverence the Hindu Christ. — Swami Vivekananda
It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He… — Rebecca West
... we have been warned by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself ... There… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed. — Henry David Thoreau
We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity… — Henry David Thoreau
I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum? — William Cowper
Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief? — William Shakespeare
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would… — Soren Kierkegaard
Pity a thing often avowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. — Charles Caleb Colton

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