“Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy, even condescending to accept pity. Such persons never realize that the very ones to whom they are complaining are often struggling under a burden greater than their own.” PeopleIfsPersonsOpportunityRealizingAcceptingStruggleGreaterTroubleBurdenComplainingPityPenaltiesConcealedBeggingExhibitsCondescending Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy: when others are happy they have nothing to do, they become superfluous and lose their feeling of superiority, and so they easily show their displeasure.” HelpingShowsFeelingsJoyLosesTroubleReadyPitySympathyRejoiceSuperioritySuperfluousDispleasureTimes Of Trouble Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“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.” SelfChristianJoySpiritSufferingOpportunityGivenAttitudeTroubleSorrowDifficultyRegardSacredReactionsPityResentmentCrownsThornsSelf PityFatalismGiven Opportunity Author:James Stewart