Stephen Covey

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

American Educator

Karen Kingsbury

I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.

American Novelist

Kathryn Harrison

I admire writers who succeed at what I consider the first demand of art: that the artist vivisect himself without pity, without hesitation, determined to reveal whatever he might find.

American Author

Nelson Mandela

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

South African Statesman

Jamie Lynn Spears

I would be lying if I said if I didn't miss out on what normal teenagers do, of course. But I don't need pity for that.

American Actress

Shaquem Griffin

If you think you're gonna have pity on me or take it easy on me, then I'm gonna have to help you off your back.

American Athlete

Oliver Goldsmith

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

Irish Poet

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

Public Servant

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

French Writer

Jane Austen

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

British Writer

Used when you feel emotionally connected to someone's pain.

Empathetic Response

Implies a strong, heartfelt desire to help someone suffering.

Deep Compassion

For less serious situations, often used lightly or casually.

Mild Regret

Expresses disappointment about a chance or experience missed.

Missed Opportunity

Shows you not only understand someone's pain but also why they feel it.

Sympathetic Action

Sometimes can imply a sense of superiority when used inappropriately.

Condescending Tone

 their animals and an environment for their own convenience in a similar vein I felt it ironic that many times on my own journey people had pitied me for living on out in the elements the truth was that after being so long on this journey I found it hard to imagine living in a town or a

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 is a waking nightmare in which my devils are so terrifying that all my angels have already fled. So would I take the pill? In an instant. That said, I don't wish to be seen as regretting the life I could have had if I'd not been mentally ill, nor am I asking anyone for their pity.

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 And I thought she meant pity because he was so unevolved as to have done this terrible thing. And I said, "Pity?" And she said, "Yes, because he has a beautiful daughter and two beautiful grandchildren, and he doesn't know that, and I do. So as it turns out,

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 to have thoughts about our thoughts. We have an instinct for language, allowing us to share the fruits of our ingenuity and experience. We are deepened with the capacity for sympathy, for pity, imagination, compassion, commiseration.

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 Filled with pity, the scholar implored the woman to share her sorrow. She explained that her mother had just died— but no one would help her with the burial. At that news, his heart sank. Touching the body would defile his spirit,

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 the reactions of everyone on campus Luc's of confusion fear sympathy pity but what happened next is a testament to the antisocial academic had become instead of feeling self-conscious or embarrassed by their reactions I thought

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 an objective to look forward to. I didn't want to pity myself, nor to be pitied, and I thought by organizing such a marathon, I'll be able to pay back to my community, build bridges with the outside world,

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 I'm an artist. Being an artist is the greatest job there is. And I really pity each and every one of you who has to spend your days discovering new galaxies or saving humanity from global warming.

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 First, Psyche was told to sort a huge, messy pile of seeds in a single night. Just as she was abandoning hope, an ant colony took pity on her and helped with the work.

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 pity the owner who at this hot and humid time of year only wanted a breath of fresh air