Self Pity Quotes
241 quotes by 185 authors
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Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.
— Dorothy West
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American feminism's nose dive began when Kate Millet, that imploding beanbag of poisonous self-pity, declared Freud a sexist. Trying to build a sex theory without…
— Camille Paglia
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For most people, self-awareness and self-pity blossom simultaneously in early adolescence. It's about that time that we start viewing the world as something other than…
— Tom Robbins
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All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
— Tom Robbins
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Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in…
— Kevin DeYoung
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Self-pity can make one weep, as can onions.
— Jerry Fodor
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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
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Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either
— Garrison Keillor
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Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who…
— Kenneth Roberts
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Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate,…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.
— Mariane Pearl
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Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it.…
— Craig Silvey
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Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
— John Berryman
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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
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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
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Low self esteem is rooted in many things. One of them is not spending time to appreciate the gifts we've been given.
— Nouman Ali Khan
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Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.
— Max Lucado
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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
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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
Who Wrote These Self Pity Quotes
185 authors contributed a total of 241 Self Pity Quotes, led by these top contributors: