Debbie Macomber Quotes

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.

Do nothing in a depressed mood, nor as one afflicted, nor as thinking that you are in misery, for no one compels you to that.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

I began to use my sensitivity. And I realized I wasn't weird because I cried a lot.

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

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

Self-pity shortens your life.

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

I used to get out of bed sometimes and feel depressed and watched a lot of reruns on TV to get over it. I should have allowed myself to be a little more human and not worry about trying to be a superwoman.

I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

Many movies about people recovering, moving on, and redeeming themselves are really wonderful and inspiring. But I think the more sentimental ones that are less good make me feel isolated - like, if you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps like the guys in the movies, there is something wrong with you. That's a shame.

'Faking It' was hard for me to let go of because I knew how many kids it helped.

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.

I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain.

Life's most underrated emotion is self-pity.

I can't feel sorry for myself.

I don't feel pressure anymore in the negative way.

There had to be a point where I had to stop feeling sorry for myself.

It's okay to have moments where you feel weak; you don't always have to be strong.

I went very close to the edge, but it's nice to have been strong enough to get through it. I'm lucky I had family, a good husband, and my mom. People like that help balance you. When you're feeling down and bad, it's the people that love you who kind of sort your head out for you.

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.