#Self Pity Quotes

“I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;And if I die no soul will pity me:And wherefore should they, since that I myselfFind in myself no pity to myself?”

“The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.”

“You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift...You get to choose”

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

“I don't do anything. My life sucks.”

“No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.”

“You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.”

“He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.”

“Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.”

“You can't be pitiful AND powerful.”

“We've all got our own brand of problems. You can be pitiful or powerful. Take your pick.”

“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.”

“You can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both”

“People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'”

“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.”

“My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.”

“They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.”

“Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.”

“They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which are indications of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins (though by a different route), to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.”

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

“The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!”

“What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.”

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

“I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'”

“And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.”

“God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease.”

“There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.”

“I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.”

“For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject. But the reason for my disinterestedness was even more discreet: I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself... Once my solitude was thoroughly proved, I could surrender to the charms of a virile self-pity.”