Lizzie Armitstead Quotes

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

My number one thing is be kind to yourself. We can't control what other people do, we can only control what we do.

Just because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so.

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.

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

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.

I'm grateful for my lines of wisdom. Of course, there are days when I think: 'Oh my gawd, I look a bit tired.' But I can pull it together if I have to.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

Don't let the good days get to your head, and don't let the bad days get to your heart.

I don't need to worry about what other people are talking about me. Instead, I focus on the people talking positive and all the positive things that I know I am doing.

I believe, as human beings, we sometimes indulge in self pity more than it's necessary. Over my life's journey, I have realised that overthinking about your problems and indulging in self-pity is not the answer to get through tough times.

You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.

To think that I know what's best for anyone else is to be out of my business. Even in the name of love, it is pure arrogance, and the result is tension, anxiety, and fear. Do I know what's right for me? That is my only business. Let me work with that before I try to solve problems for you.

You don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.

Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.

My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

If you're taking care of yourself, then what can somebody else tell you?

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.