Self Pity Quotes

241 quotes by 199 authors

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity. — Stephen Vincent Benet
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. — Maya Angelou
It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man… — Corazon Aquino
Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It] is an incapacity,… — Eugene H. Peterson
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive. — Gordon B. Hinckley
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
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
To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. — Charles Stubbs
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. — Cyril Connolly
God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. — Albert Camus
It helps to even look in the mirror - and it sounds so cheesy - but if you just look in the mirror and say,… — Demi Lovato
Sometimes, you know, I cry. And sometimes I scream. And I get really angry. And I get really upset, you know, into wallowing in self-pity… — Christina Applegate
Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of violent… — Diane Ackerman
You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already inherent in the… — Eckhart Tolle
So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will… — John Berryman
The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing… — Arthur Miller
I have to be honest with you. Islam is on very thin ice with me... Through our screaming self-pity and our conspicuous silences, we Muslims… — Irshad Manji

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