I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I… — John Scott Copy Share Image
“The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Oh we will all fry together when we fry. We'll be french fried potatoes by and by. There will be no more… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I have had a thousand kisses, for which with my whole soul I thank love—but if you should deny me the thousand… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the Candidate in opposition to General Jackson, and elected and the country… — Duff Green Copy Share Image
When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
That's why I've come to you, to seek release from a curse of misery and horror against which I'm powerless to fight… — Edward T. Lowe, Jr Copy Share Image
When we bless God for mercies, we usually prolong them. When we bless God for miseries, we usually end them. Praise is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The moment you venture out, something takes place in you and about you. Life comes to your aid in various ways. You… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without marriage there will be no misery - and no laughter either. There will be so much silence...it will be Nirvana on… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You go to someone and you think, 'I'll tell him this.' But why? The impulse is that the telling is going to… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Are you what is called a lucky man? Well, you are sad every day. Each day has its great grief or its… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
You always want someone to hate in order to feel justified in your own misery. Hatred is the true primordial passion. It… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I don't see [the jungle] so much erotic. I see it more full of obscenity. It's just - Nature here is vile… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
“Alone with my wine and my misery, I was convinced that life was composed of a string of “if only’s” leading from… — Andrew Levkoff Copy Share Image
Those peculiar social sensibilities nourished by our own peculiar political principles, while they enhancethe true dignity of a prosperous American, do but… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“He wanted to cry out, longed to scream, to howl his misery to the heavens. But he couldn’t even manage a whimper.… — John Heffernan Copy Share Image
I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and,… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness, poverty,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Friends, to me for years St. Louis represented a city of fear... humiliation... misery and terror... A city where in the eyes… — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey.… — Ben Vereen Copy Share Image
Pride is a deeply rooted ailment of the soul. The penalty is misery; the remedy lies in the sincere, life-long cultivation of… — Robert Gordis Copy Share Image
Yes it is hard to forget, but don't let the memories hold you down. Hold onto them, let go of your sorrows..… — Bless Tom Copy Share Image
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Hope Is Important Because It Can Make The Present Moment Less Difficult To Bear. If We Believe That Tomorrow Will Be Better,… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The questions you ask consistently will create either enervation or enjoyment, indignation or inspiration, misery or magic. Ask the questions that will… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Economic and social misery increases in direct proportion to the size and power of the central government of a nation or state. — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
We do not smirk at the misery or the merrymaking of immoral culture. We weep. Being pilgrims does not mean being cynical.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Self-indulgence leads only to misery. Nothing great or even worthwhile is ever accomplished without struggle through adversity and self-sacrifice — Maryam Jameelah Copy Share Image
I come from a very dysfunctional family, so I was comfortable in misery. So I would create more misery for myself because… — Kerli Copy Share Image
Who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on… — John Locke Copy Share Image
As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Forget horror icon, Kety Bates is an icon. She's an acting icon. I was raised on so many of her films, everything… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
“If God gave you contentment then you would never pursue your life purpose. It is your restlessness that pushes you to take… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
Evil, once manfully fronted, ceases to be evil; there is generous battle-hope in place of dead, passive misery; the evil itself has… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When you're right there in the crisi, you'll do anything to make yourself feel better, distract yourself from the misery, deny reality,… — Anna Maxted Copy Share Image