Concern Quote by James E. Ferrell

When you are in the grips of low self-esteem, it’s painful, and it certainly doesn’t feel like pride. But I believe that this is…

— Edward T Welch

Self pity is most destructive & self punishable emotion.Self pity gets you no where. It makes victim of being away from reality. One must…

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

Self-pity is the bestiality of emotions: it absolutely disgusts people. When you're feeling pity for yourself, and somebody says to you 'You think maybe…

— Augusten Burroughs

Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low,…

— Nathaniel Branden

Self-pity is, perhaps, the least becoming of all emotions, and we often indulge in it only beause we are too exhausted to resist.

— Ivy Baker Priest

Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

— Mason Cooley

“In a study of adult self-esteem, researchers found that people who are happy with themselves take defeat and explain it away, treating it as…

— David Niven

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

— Joan Robinson

Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision.

— Anonymous

“Although the outward picture of depression is quite the opposite of that of grandiosity and has a quality that expresses the tragedy of the…

— Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child

“We are all powerless to heal ourselves. Research shows that self-help statements have been found to be ineffective and even harmful by making some…

— Lindsey A. Holcomb

Pride is a negative psychological aggregate that leads many to error and perpetuates suffering and ignorance.

— Anonymous