Why Me Quotes

• When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'

  Stephen King

  Family, Jobs, Humor

  "Storm of the Century". Drama, Fantasy, Horror, 1999.

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• If you are facing trouble right now, don't ask, “Why me?” Instead ask, “What do you want me to learn?” Then trust God and keep on doing what's right.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Religion, Want

  "Purpose Driven Life". Book by Rick Warren, 2002.

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• If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

  Arthur Ashe

  Life, Sports, Failure

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• Words, words, words, a million million words circle in my head like hawks, waiting to dive onto the page to rend and tear the only two words I want to write. Why me?

  Christopher Moore

  Writing, Circles, Two

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

  Arthur Ashe

  Personality, Victory, Disaster

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• Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Witty, Funny Life, Lying

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• 'Why me?' rarely produces a positive result, while 'How can I use this?' usually leads us in the direction of turning our difficulties into a driving force to make ourselves and the world better.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Use, World

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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• I struggle to be rugged and raw dude, trying to survive in the trials and lawsuits, Everybody wants to test me, WHY ME?

  Tupac Shakur

  Struggle, Rapper, Trying

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  When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me'

  Miley Cyrus

  Motivational, Situations In Life, Trying

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• The most self-destructive thought that any person can have  is thinking that he or she is not in total control of his or her life. That’s when, ‘Why me?’ becomes a theme song.

  Roger Dawson

  Song, Thinking, Self

  Roger Dawson (1994). “The 13 secrets of power performance”, Prentice Hall Direct

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• The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'

  Arthur Ashe

  Children, Pain, Play

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• Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.

  Tupac Shakur

  Thug, America, Violence

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• Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

  Deborah Tannen

  Men, Understanding, Want

  "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation". Book by Deborah Tannen, www.newyorker.com. 1990.

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• Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

  Thomas Szasz

  Men, Punishment, Defined

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (1990). “The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary”, Open Court Publishing Company

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• Why me, Lord? What have I ever done to deserve even one of the blessings I've known? Why me, Lord? What did I ever do that was worth love from you and the kindness you've shown? Lord, help me, Jesus, I've wasted it so. Help me, Jesus. I know what I am. Now that I know that I've needed you so, help me, Jesus. My soul's in your hand.

  Johnny Cash

  Jesus, Kindness, Blessing

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• I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

  Julia Cameron

  Taken, Loss, Finals

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin

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• The reason why men who mind their own business succeed is that they have so little competition.

  Evan Esar

  Men, Competition, Mind

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• Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.' Why not me? Why does tragedy always have to hit someone else?

  Eric Davis

  Cancer, Tragedy, Doe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men are so fond of this sport; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields, and all for a hare, or a fox, or a stag, that they could get more easily some other way; but we are only horses, and don't know.

  Anna Sewell

  Sports, Hurt, Horse

  Anna Sewell (2015). “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse”, p.6, Mind Melodies

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• It's kind of funny. When I got my diagnosis - cancer - I said to myself, 'Why me?' And then, the other day, when I got the good news, I said the same thing.

  Walter White

  Cancer, Insightful, News

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• - Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? - Yes. - Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Slaughterhouse Five, Amber, Matter

  Kurt Vonnegut (1969). “Slaughterhouse-five: or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death”

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• I think that indicates why men tend to invest more wealth. If he loses some, there's more coming in. Whereas for women, it's like "Ugh, I gotta keep this."

  Sallie Krawcheck

  Men, Thinking, Ugh

  "Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest and the Gender Investing Gap". Interview With Denver Frederick, www.denver-frederick.com. August 18, 2016.

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• I see where we are starting to pay some attention to our neighbors to the south. We could never understand why Mexico wasn't just crazy about us, for we have always had their good will, and oil and minerals, at heart

  Will Rogers

  Crazy, Inspiration, Heart

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• And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me

  Drew Brees

  Funny, Example, Looks

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• He stepped forward, took a deep breath, and doubled over in a sneezing fit. My werewolf was allergic to tortoises. Why me?

  Ilona Andrews

  Sneezing, Tortoises, Fit

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.143, Penguin

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