Pete Doherty Quotes

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

Writing about my illness put me into places. It was very triggering. I had to completely remove myself and practice self-care. I learned to be patient.

You’ve learned a new rule and it’s simple: don’t put yourself in situations you’d like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself, like that bunny in Runaway Bunny runs to its mother, but you are the mother and you’ll see that later and be very, very proud.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

We can still do good for others and do good for ourselves. I would wither and die, truthfully. I need to be somewhere where the light's on me.

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

You can be as devoted and loving a spouse or a caregiver or child, but you also have to remember that you have to program time for yourself in there, because it will renew you.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

I wouldn't give people advice except to share with them what I'm doing, which is, You're alive - stay alive.

You can't be faulted for being selfish if you're going to get better because of it.

There are a lot of female characters out there that, when they fall on hard times, they sort of stew in their fears and negativities and vulnerabilities. And there's something that's really truthful about that - when I've gone through hard times or breakups, I've spent a lot of time on my couch overeating and crying with friends, that's true.

You have to have a life. And life has to go on when your voice shuts down on you and you have to take a break from what you're doing for a career.

Life's most underrated emotion is self-pity.

It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a definite lack of self-loathing are either lying or just in a place that I don't relate to.

If you feel sick and tired of how things are in your life, chances are it's because you're making yourself sick and tired - by engaging in too many energy leaking things.

All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.

The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world.