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
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
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself; A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Of all the infirmities we have, the most savage is to despise our being. – Michel de Montaigne
There are few human emotions as warm, comforting, and enveloping as self-pity. And nothing is more corrosive and destructive. There is only one answer; turn away from it and move on. – Dr Megan Reik
