Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps read more

Pitiful 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

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for read more

Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either