281 Quotes About Pity

What a pity? Mankind often neglect the knowledge that will save their soul.

Whenever she saw in others an advantage, however trivial, which she herself lacked, she would persuade herself that it was no advantage at all, but a drawback, and would pity so as not to have to envy them.

It is better to feel pity than to learn how not to feel it.

As a kid my heart would break for the villains.

I can’t obsess over what got me in this situation. I have to focus on how to get out of it.

While pity shows a lack of respect for other human beings, compassion has its roots in a deep respect for others. Pity is an emotion; compassion is a connection. Compassion sees the other as equal. Compassion happens when we care for another person enough to make his or her problems our own.

This was the best and worst thing about my wife: she felt sorry for me. When I put my work boots on the mantel or fell asleep on her side of the bed, she'd groan and clench her teeth. She'd kiss me, long and deep, a sigh of disappointment.

It is when suffering finds a voice andsets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.

A man could love only what he respected, not pitied.