Past Quote by John Aldridge

“Hate binds us to the past and we’re stuck in an unwanted emotion.”

— Anonymous

But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,…

— Dean Koontz

The teeth of self-pity had gnawed away her essential self.

— Willa Gibbs

I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and…

— Oswald Chambers

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't…

— Mitch Albom

“Self-pity was like wearing a wool jacket in the sweltering heat, and I wanted it gone.”

— Wendy Higgins

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

— Millicent Fenwick

“Why wallow in a puddle of self pity when there's a sea of self acceptance and self realisation waiting for you?”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

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 pity, Orito reminds herself yet again, is a noose dangling from a rafter.”

— David Mitchell

All self-importance is a form of self-pity in disguise.

— Deepak Chopra

Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with — or maybe overly focused on — the idea that they can’t…

— Joan Didion