281 Quotes About Pity

The Lord has put more hardships atop the shoulders of my neighbors — more than I can even fathom coping with. I will strive to find a way to turn pity into admiration, for what use is it to send pity back at the world. Admiration and awe are much more helpful, especially when I find myself feeling like a victim for being stuck in traffic or losing my favorite sweater. Perspective is a blessing.

Don't feel pity for those who will feel disappointed because you have scored! You were trained not to entertain a pity party but to excel in a winning game!

Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.

Be willing to give, but only when you aren't expecting anything in return.

Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person.

She was ashamed not only of her situation but of her reaction to it. She had never felt any pity for the unpopular girls who skulked in dressing-rooms because they could attract no partners on the floor, or for girls who were outsiders at Lake Forest, and now she was like them--hiding miserably out of life. Alarmed lest already the change was written in her face, she paused in front of the mirror, fascinated as ever by what she found there.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.

Wickedness never rests easily so, in a way, one might almost feel pity for the wicked, for they are destined to live their lives in fear, in a prison of the heart.