Self Pity Quotes

• Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

  John Gardner

  Reality, Self, Giving

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• Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Moving On

  "How to Help Someone Who is Depressed, or Suicidal : Practical Suggestions from a Survivor". Book by John Cook, 1993.

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• Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

  Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

  Self, Quality, Negative

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• Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Fear, Simple

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• In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.

  Howard Schultz

  Self, People, Blame

  "Starbucks legend delivers recovery by thinking smaller". Interview with David Teather, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2010.

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• I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Life, Sorry, Bird

  D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.6615, Delphi Classics

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• Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Self, Hands, Pity

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• Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

  Max Lucado

  Thankful, Gratitude, Self

  Twitter post from Oct 28, 2014

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• Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Self, Effort, Foundation

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• Self Pity is the most miserable party to go to, because, in case you haven't noticed, you're the only one who is there.

  Joyce Meyer

  Party, Self, Miserable

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• Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

  Jim Rohn

  Ambition, Self, Discipline

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• You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.

  Og Mandino

  Winning, Self, Sound

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• Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

  Rick Yancey

  Self, Centeredness, Pity

  Rick Yancey (2010). “The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.

  Og Mandino

  Pain, Self, Laughing

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• Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.

  Andre Gide

  Sadness, Misery, Form

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• It's dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you're feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That's why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling.

  Aldous Huxley

  Children, Dark, Self

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• I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

  Joyce Meyer

  Real, Party, Self

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

  Millicent Fenwick

  Happiness, Squirrels, Self

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• When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something.

  John Keble

  Finding Yourself, Way, Melancholy

  John Keble (1870). “Letters of Spiritual Counsel and Guidance”, p.6

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• If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

  Joyce Meyer

  Depression, Hurt, Cheer

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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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• Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Self, Doe

  1974 Gather Together In My Name, ch.6.

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• The opposite of having faith is having self-pity.

  Os Guinness

  Self, Opposites, Have Faith

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• Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Self, Talking, Pity

  Aleksandar Hemon (2013). “The Book of My Lives”, p.208, Macmillan

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• 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

  Miracle, Pot, Finished

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