Pity Quotes

1088 Pity quotes by 756 unique authors

God shall not pity them but laugh at their calamity. The righteous company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's judgment, and shall… — Thomas Boston
...love and pity for hell's occupants will not enter our hearts. — J I Packer
Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his… — Oliver Goldsmith
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his… — Zhuangzi
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. — Stephen Covey
...But we enjoyed playing games and were punished for them by men who played games themselves. However, grown-up games are known as 'business' and even… — Saint Augustine
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries… — Bertrand Russell
Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom! — Paulo Coelho
What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this, Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me Thine forever, And… — Robert Morgan
The human species was too fond of lying, cheating, envy, ignorance, self-pity, self-righteousness, and utopian visions that always led to mass murder-but until and if… — Dean Koontz
We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more… — Reinhold Niebuhr
We are repeatedly left, in other words, with no further focus than ourselves, a source from which self-pity naturally flows. Each time this happens I… — Joan Didion
Does it ever give thee pause that men used to have a soul? Not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of speech, but as… — Thomas Carlyle
Why is it that my heart is so touched whenever I meet a dog lost in our noisy streets? Why do I feel such anguished… — Emile Zola
When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity. — Jean Rostand
Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry. — Alexander McCall Smith
When I saw photographs of children murdered by the Fascist, I felt furious pity. When the supporters of Franco talked of Red atrocities, I merely… — Stephen Spender
In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began… — Nikola Tesla
Access to communication in the widest sense is access to knowledge, and that is vitally important for us We do not need pity, nor do… — Louis Braille
He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop. — Laozi
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification,… — Ezra Taft Benson
There are those without decency who must be fought without hesitation, without pity. — Henri
I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Yet these elegies are… — Wilfred Owen
My subject is war, and the pity of war. — Wilfred Owen
To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy, as she dropped asleep that night. How often we all do so! And what a pity it is that… — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

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