Self Pity Quotes

241 Self Pity quotes by 185 unique authors

I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife inside because there was no alternative except to hide as long as possible---… — Charles Bukowski
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is… — Wendy Mass
There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for… — Anne Frank
Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes. — Aidan Chambers
Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt… — Nicole Krauss
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity.… — Robin Hobb
Things might have been different if she hadn't been able to drift; if she'd had to concentrate on her next meal, instead of dwelling on… — Margaret Atwood
Self-pity is a sin. It is a form of living suicide. — Charles J. Shields
Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. — Graham Greene
The power of "can't": The word "can't" makes strong people weak, blinds people who can see, saddens happy people, turns brave people into cowards, robs… — Robert Kiyosaki
She quoted a dead playwright and called me a bullet with nothing but a future. She understood my lack of self-pity. She knew why I… — James Ellroy
It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle — Debbie Macomber
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. — Anthony Trollope
Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the most destructive way of being… — Paulo Coelho
Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease… — Og Mandino
Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread. — Michael Pollan
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead,… — Dean Koontz
Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit. — Charlaine Harris
It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia "Doesn't make yours any more fun to bear."-Liza "No. But… — Jennifer Crusie
Try not to sing too many sad songs for yourself. The universe already hates you. Self-pity isn't going to help. — Richard Kadrey
He did not know how long it took, but later he looked back on this time of crying in the corner of the dark cave… — Gary Paulsen
...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah - — Nick Vujicic
Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself. — Paulo Coelho
They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene. — Marianne Moore
Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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