Quotes about Self-pity

American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.

Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.

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

We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally. When faced with our own limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, more beautiful, and wealthier. We want to have it all and do it all, and we become upset when it doesn't happen. Then when we notice that God gave others characteristics we don't have, we respond with envy, jealousy, and self-pity.

I want to be free of self-pity. It is a tool of Satan to rot away a life.

People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them.

Actually, he was a very warm, compassionate man who never stopped feeling sorry for himself. "Why me?" was his constant lament, and the question was a good one.

Many people would like a miracle, but like the man in our story, they are not willing to give up their blame and self-pity.

Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.