Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything… — Wilfred Owen
There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by… — Charles Sumner
Self-pity can make one weep, as can onions. — Jerry Fodor
If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line… — Mary Cassatt
Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures. — Eiji Yoshikawa
God pity us that after years of writing, using mountains of paper and rivers of ink, exhausting flashy terminology about the biggest revival meetings in… — Leonard Ravenhill
God has pity on kindergarten children — Yehuda Amichai
No one, it has been said, will ever look at the Moon in the same way again. More significantly can one say that no one… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with… — Bernard Baruch
We cannot afford the luxury of self pity. Our top priority now is to get on with the building process. My personal peace has come… — Mamie Till
Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life. — Joseph Henry
Women smirk at baldness. How adorable would they find it if they began to lose their breasts in their late twenties? If both tits just… — Augusten Burroughs
I think that sexuality is only attractive when it’s natural and spontaneous. This is where a lot of them miss the boat. And then something… — Marilyn
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what compassion means. It… — Henri Nouwen
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. — Sallust
Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck in those miserable… — David Ives
There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity and forbearance,… — Orville Dewey
Possibly, over the course of time, the brain capacity of homo sapiens will have made such great progress, that complications as contained in this game… — Lodewijk Prins
God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his will… — Maximus the Confessor
I just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity. — Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
I was so full of hate that there was no room in me for such feelings as love, pity, kindness or honor or decency, — Carl Panzram
Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the… — G. H. Hardy
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity. — Sallust
From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger. — Andrew Jackson
Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity. — Pope Innocent III

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