Dale Carnegie Quotes

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.

I had a period where everything... if it's raining, I'm angry because it's raining. If I miss, it's because the pitch is too wet. It was only excuses. It was not good.

If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.

I promote my own self-hatred.

I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.

Being in a person's head for five months, where they're so hateful, is kind of exhausting.

As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.

I still spend my time feeling sorry for myself and making serious mistakes.

Complaining not only ruins everybody else's day, it ruins the complainer's day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get.

I've been to those places where it's 'poor, pitiful me.'

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.

When you are mad at yourself, you are mad at everybody.

I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.

Please don't stick with me if I start sucking.

If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.

Rather than setting yourself a New Year's resolution, why not simply pick a reason for hating yourself for the next 365 days? Takes less time, and it's easier to stick to.

I think if you allow yourself to mope and feel sorry for yourself, it can take years off your life.