Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either
- Garrison KeillorSoft pity enters an iron gate.
- William ShakespearePitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won`t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart
- Paulo CoelhoPity is for the living, envy is for the dead
- Mark TwainSelf-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen KellerPity is best taught by fellowship in woe
- Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMore helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
- George EliotI pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who pities me
- Harry KempSelf-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
- John W. GardnerHowever we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent
- Pope Pius XINone pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
- Robert Herrick