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Already I miss her, she has shone more brightly in the last months than you would imagine even the brightest star could shine. In life, too, we had to rise to meet her. But her greatest and most exquisite act of bravery and generosity has been to 'normalize' her death. She's shown no fear, no bitterness, no self-pity, only armed us with the courage to go on and insisted that no one be sad because she is happy. – Damian Lewis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I personally am not a fan of self pity, but it's hard being gay in West Texas sometimes and I never want to go back to where I was not even two years ago, so what I paint my nails sometimes ? I look and feel good while doing it. – Trevor Wilkinson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's been said that we achieve only if we expect something and have desire to achieve it, but if we start over expecting and are not happy to what have been achieved, then instead of building a positive approach to our success we tend to fall back and instead of writing our success story, we write the story of our own catastrophe. Then finally we trap ourselves in circle of self pity. – Prashant Agarwal	added by prashantagarwal 3 years ago
The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown. – James Stewart	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
I was very depressed and was giving up on myself. I was giving up on hope and especially prayer. After months of being sick I realized there is still hope and that I shouldn’t bury myself in self-pity. Instead of being mad at God I began to pray to him. – Julia Bruzzese Precious , indeed	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. – John W. Gardner	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. – André Maurois	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. – Millicent Fenwick	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. – John W. Gardner	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best. – Richard Willard Armour	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Honesty rare as a man without self-pity, kinders as large and plain as a prairie wind. – Stephen Vincent Benet	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Already I miss her, she has shone more brightly in the last months than you would imagine even the brightest star could shine. In life, too, we had to rise to meet her. But her greatest and most exquisite act of bravery and generosity has been to 'normalize' her death. She's shown no fear, no bitterness, no self-pity, only armed us with the courage to go on and insisted that no one be sad because she is happy.

– Damian Lewis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I personally am not a fan of self pity, but it's hard being gay in West Texas sometimes and I never want to go back to where I was not even two years ago, so what I paint my nails sometimes ? I look and feel good while doing it.

– Trevor Wilkinson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's been said that we achieve only if we expect something and have desire to achieve it, but if we start over expecting and are not happy to what have been achieved, then instead of building a positive approach to our success we tend to fall back and instead of writing our success story, we write the story of our own catastrophe. Then finally we trap ourselves in circle of self pity.

– Prashant Agarwal

added by prashantagarwal
3 years ago

The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.

– James Stewart

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

I was very depressed and was giving up on myself. I was giving up on hope and especially prayer. After months of being sick I realized there is still hope and that I shouldn’t bury myself in self-pity. Instead of being mad at God I began to pray to him.

– Julia Bruzzese Precious , indeed

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

– John W. Gardner

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

– André Maurois

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

– Millicent Fenwick