Quotes about Pity

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It made you wonder: How much of our lives was just luck or good timing, and how much was actually choice? How could it b — Aditi Khorana, Mirror in the Sky
Whenever she saw in others an advantage, however trivial, which she herself lacked, she would persuade herself that it w — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
They happen only when you are distant,aloof. They happen, they cannot be brought. They happen you cannot force them to h — Osho, Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance
A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder. — Eoin Colfer, Airman
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. — George Eliot
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again. — Bible
Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatesoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and — James Joyce
A book or poem which has no pity in it had better not be written. — Oscar Wilde
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. — Andre Maurois
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in this world. — Helen Keller
What poison is to food self-pity is to life. — Oliver C. Wilson
It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell — Lady Bird Johnson
Grumbling is the death of love. — Marlene Dietrich
Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford. — Stephen King
To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can do to himself. — Winifred Rhoades
Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. It fogs our vision. — Anonymous
To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike. — Samuel Johnson
Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself. — John W. Raper
The opposite of having faith is having self-pity. — Og Guinness