Feeling Sorry For Yourself Quotes

• Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Sorry, Life And Love

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  With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Positive, Regret

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 29, 2015

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• Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself... Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.

  Conor McGregor

  Sorry, Mma, Worry

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• It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don’t have time.

  Dave Thomas

  Sorry, Hard Work, Soul

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• 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 it's time for the pity party to be over? You should stop feeling sorry for yourself and try to think positive,' it makes you wish you could saw their head off.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Sorry, Party, Thinking

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.54, Macmillan

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  Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Being Yourself

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• Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

  Dale Carnegie

  Confidence, Fear, Weight Loss

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• There is absolutely no point in sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself. The great power you have is to let go ... focus on what you have, no that which has been mean or unkindly removed.

  Minnie Driver

  Letting Go, Sorry, Loneliness

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• Feeling sorry for yourself for one single minute is okay, but spend all your remaining time on solutions.

  Tsem Tulku

  Buddhist, Sorry, Inspiration

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• I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

  Drew Carey

  Sorry, Feelings, Overcoming

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• Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.

  Stephen Fry

  Happiness, Sorry, Cheer Up

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• You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Best Friend, Cute

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

  Patricia Heaton

  Sorry, Feelings, Helping

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• 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 and thought of it as when he learned the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work. It wasn't just that it was wrong to do, or that it was considered incorrect. It was more than that--it didn't work.

  Gary Paulsen

  Sorry, Dark, Long

  Gary Paulsen (2009). “Hatchet”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks.

  Norman Maclean

  Sorry, Feelings, Exhausted

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• We find worth in jobs, money, & performance so we can hide how worthless we feel inside. Acknowledge the pain to be healed.

  LeCrae

  Jobs, Pain, Feels

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• Self-honesty is not putting yourself down or feeling sorry for yourself. Self-honesty is looking at things as they are and then being compelled to make changes.

  Frederick Lenz

  Honesty, Sorry, Self

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  If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Good Morning

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• If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those around us, you will experience a high that is beyond my ability to express.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Sorry, Buddhism

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• Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Sorry, Adversity

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• I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say, 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself--and you will be happy.'

  Stephen Fry

  Sorry, Book, Self

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• I like to make sure I don't sing songs that are like self hating and feeling sorry for yourself 'cause that's not the kind of legacy I want to leave really. I want people to feel like strength, especially young women.

  Joss Stone

  Song, Sorry, Hate

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• Responding to sexism you have to not just remain silent but try to figure out a proper response - again, though, not going to the place of anger and feeling sorry for yourself, because that kind of plays into the hands of the sexists.... It does take practice though.

  Hillary Clinton

  Sorry, Feelings, Trying

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• In times of unrest and in an unstable economy, it is very easy to let your attitude slip and begin feeling sorry for yourself. This is precisely when you want to practice healthy attitudinal rules to stay alert, alive and enthusiastic. Don't ever lose the zest for life and life won't lose its zest for you. Say something positive to every person you meet today.

  Bob Proctor

  Motivational, Sorry, Attitude

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Dec 04, 2011

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