Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.
I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.
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.'
People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.