Self Pity Quotes

241 Self Pity quotes by 185 unique authors

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity — Aleksandar Hemon
Post-â€‹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
If it weren't the problem of politics for me, it would be another. And yet, sometimes it's so difficult. And I feel sorry for myself.… — Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I. — A. E. Housman
It's a pity we can't play in two or three days as I like to play straight away after a bad game — Jose Mourinho
I think seriousness is a mask of self-importance and self-importance in turn is a mask for self-pity. So if you're really going to pursue a… — Deepak Chopra
You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame and self-pity. There is a better way to live. — Og Mandino
You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining. — Og Mandino
Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world. — Oswald Chambers
Self-pity is the campsite of self-defeat; it is a dark refuge for those parts of us that would rather wallow in what cannot be than… — Guy Finley
I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. Weâ€™re all going to have bummer moments. Thatâ€™s not the stuff I choose… — Jason Mraz
Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to… — Cheryl Strayed
Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity. — Carrie Fisher
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 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
Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry. — Alexander McCall Smith
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
Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple… — Napoleon Hill
There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language.… — Toni Morrison
A gentleman is one who doesn't and can't forgive himself for self-committed mistake even if others forget it and the self-criticism is a mark of… — Unknown Author

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