Pitying Quotes

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Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or self-pitying responses that… — Teresa of Avila
No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last. — Alexander Pope
If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold… — Aesop
To the last day of your life, be positive; try to be cheerful. Even at the very end, don't think, "I am finished." Instead of… — Paramahansa Yogananda
You don't know what is going to come to you in this world; you have to go on living and worrying. Those who die are… — Paramahansa Yogananda
If people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel bad for them.… — Cassandra Clare
O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who… — Pope Pius XII
An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as… — Daisaku Ikeda
You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck,… — James Agee
The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's authority over the… — Theophan the Recluse
American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it. — Bill Bailey
The Australian form of self-respect, however rough-and-ready, heart-of-gold, come-and-take-pot-luck-with-us, and matily extrovert it is, essentially, genteel, ingrowing, self-pitying, vanilla-ice-cream hearted, its central fear a fear… — Hal Porter
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked… — Nicholas von Hoffman
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. — Mike White
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them. — Luc de Clapiers
Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those… — Dogen
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable… — Solomon Schechter
I was headed for an entire life spent alone, pitying myself for not being more, ignoring all those people who actually ask me to be… — Charles Yu
I take the medication for myself so I can transact, not for anyone else. But I am aware that it is empowering for people to… — Michael J. Fox
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving mourners be, Looking… — William Shakespeare

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