Victim playing, also known as playing the victim, victim card, or self-victimization, often do express a lot of negativity.
People who have a victim mentality, sometimes called victim syndrome or a victim complex, rests on three key beliefs:
- Bad things happen and will keep happening.
- Other people or circumstances are to blame.
- Any efforts to create change will fail, so there’s no point in trying.
Inspirational playing the victim quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Most Famous Playing the Victim Quotes
The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they’re the ones doing the judging. – Criss Jami, Killosophy
You are more important to yourself than you think you are. – Bill Cosby
Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized. – Criss Jami, Killosophy
You are more important to yourself than you think you are. – Bill Cosby

Punctuality comes high on my list of unforgivable sins. – Dorothy Cannell
There’s people who’d expect you to take a bullet for them and they don’t bother remembering yuh name. – Robert Galbraith
Why are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics? – Gloria Steinem
You can read everybody. It’s not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it’s false. – Charles Olson
Isn’t there a statute of limitation on playing the poor abused victim? – Bill Willingham
I haven’t changed, but I know I ain’t the same. – Jakob Dylan
Beware of perpetrators in disguise … Some people set fires wherever they go, and have mastered the art of playing the burn victim. – Steve Maraboli
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of Love. Along that river is the tree of heaven. – David Paul Kirkpatrick
I’m not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors. – Laurie Holden
Everyone has got the will to win; it’s only those with the will to prepare that do win. – Mark Cuban
I was very keen on playing a victim. – Clive Owen
I’ve killed my soul by playing the victim. – Peter Stillman
First acting gig was playing a victim in ‘America’s Most Wanted.’ The night the show aired, they caught the killer! – Zoe McLellan
It is only when you are pursued that you become swift. – Khalil Gibran
To me, a film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one thing. – Andre Ovredal
Overly playing the role of the victim can debar you from accepting responsibility for your actions and emotions. – Stephen Richards
I’m turned off by the groupie thing. I’m a romantic; I like finding the right woman, and if it works, it works. – Joe Perry
Oh, quit that. Blushing is for virgins and Christians. – Catherynne M Valente
It’s perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It’s perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments. – Kurt Vonnegut
One, what would happen if everyone did this thing? Two, would this help or hinder the movement toward universal ultimate complexity? – Gregory David Roberts
Things had a way of working out for the best when you let them run their course. – Jodi Picoult
There’s a difference between playing it cool and being a jerk. – Auliq Ice