Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us. — Oscar Wilde
Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers. — John Berryman
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear. — Joan Halifax
The memory of the aged becomes clearer and clearer with time. It has no pity. — Andrea Camilleri
It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation. — Katharine Whitehorn
Gentlemen, I must ask you to rid yourselves of all feeling of pity. We must annihilate the Jews wherever we find them and wherever it… — Hans Frank
But really it’s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because they’re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people… — Paul Neilan
I hurt for my Marines, goodhearted American guys who'd bear these burdens for the rest of their lives. And I mourned for myself. Not in… — Nathaniel Fick
The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this knowledge freed me… — Matt de la Pena
I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing. — Ferdinand Mount
Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he… — Jim Rohn
Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate. I hate murderously. — Anais Nin
It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old we are, whatever… — Shams Tabrizi
Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems. — Max Lucado
I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all… — Oswald Chambers
It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading. — HalldÃ³r Laxness
I feel the deepest, heartfelt pity for any adult who has never been in love. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
Suffering shapes the life force, sometimes into anger, sometimes into blame and self-pity. Eventually it may show us the wisdom of embracing and loving life. — Rachel Naomi Remen
Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity — Aleksandar Hemon
It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. — Manfred von Richthofen
God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men.… — Oswald Chambers
Why, this Satan’s drink is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan… — Pope Clement VIII
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several… — Leslie Jamison
Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from… — George Washington
To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no pity is to… — Thomas Merton

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