1.
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
Alexander Pope
2.
I must continue to follow the path I take now.
If I do nothing,
if I study nothing,
if I cease searching,
then,
woe is me,
I am lost.
That is how I look at it - keep going,
keep going come what may.
Vincent Van Gogh
3.
A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'
Eminem
4.
Woe is me. Me thinks I'm turning into a god.
Vespasian
5.
I must continue to follow the path I take now.
If I do nothing,
if I study nothing,
if I cease searching,
then,
woe is me,
I am lost.
That is how I look at it — keep going,
keep going come what may.
But what is your final goal,
you may ask.
That goal will become clearer,
will emerge slowly but surely,
much as the rough draught turns into a sketch,
and the sketch into a painting through the serious work done on it,
through the elaboration of the original vague idea and through the consolidation of the first fleeting and passing thought.
Vincent Van Gogh
6.
Sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree O woe is me, O woe is me, I used to have a hamster tree, But it was eaten by a newt, And now I have no cuddly fruit, O woe is me, O woe is me, I used to have a hamster tree!
Clive Barker
7.
We have created a mindset in our society where everyone wants what they want when they want it. And if we don't get what we want when we want it, we feel ripped off. To make matters worse, we intensify our problems by continuously rehashing our woe-is-me story to the entire world. Whatever it is that has the potential to keep you from enjoying the day, understand that it's not the situation itself that is causing you to be unhappy. It's your thoughts and how you allow them to control you. It's what you choose to focus on that fuels your emotions and defines your reality.
Steve Rizzo
8.
Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick.
Robbie Williams
9.
I cannot love as I have loved,
And yet I know not why;
It is the one great woe of life
To feel all feeling die.
Philip James Bailey
10.
It is true that every day has its own evil,
and its good too.
But how difficult must life be,
especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far as worldly things go,
if it is not strengthened and comforted by faith.
And in Christ all worldly things may become better,
and,
as it were,
sanctified.
Theo,
woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel;
if I did not aim at that and possess faith and hope in Christ,
it would be bad for me indeed,
but no I have some courage.
Vincent Van Gogh
11.
Woe is me! Bitter is me! For what is my life? Why didn't the ship go under and drown me before I came to America?
Anzia Yezierska
13.
Ah, woe is me! Winter is come and gone. But grief returns with the revolving year.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
14.
Ah woe is me, through all my daysWisdom and wealth I both have got,And fame and name and great men's praise;But Love, ah! Love I have it not.
Henry Cuyler Bunner
15.
We prefer the shadows where we feel safe over the light which exposes us and causes us to say 'woe is me!'
R. C. Sproul
16.
I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood. ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good.
Peyton Manning
17.
Woe is me!
The winged words on which my soul would pierce
Into the heights of love's rare universe,
Are chains of lead around its flight of fire--
I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
18.
I really never look at my health issues as 'Woe is me.' I've seen the reality of that. And it's not a pleasant thing.
Rick Majerus
19.
Rhianna flashed Rose a small smile. "Sometimes I have a chip on my shoulder. You know, the woe-is-me-I'm-such-a-martyr complex.
Christine Feehan