Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.

Quote by John W Raper

Topics: Self Pity Quotes

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own...

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own...

To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can...

To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can...

What poison is to food, self-pity is to life.

What poison is to food, self-pity is to life.

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...