“It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.” — Tarif Naaz Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
To comfort me is like the wrong memory at the wrong place or time: if one is lonely one prefers discomfort. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus. — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
The Internet has become my enabler. It keeps me from stillness and discomfort, and this keeps me from growing. — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
“Speak because your voice is currency, and their comfort isn't worth your silence.” — Rudy Francisco Copy Share Image
Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are. — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Too often people enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought, never taking a principled stand. True justice will never… — Kweisi Mfume Copy Share Image
One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards… — Ralph Merkle Copy Share Image
“If you have a sense of discomfort about your life, that is a gift. Your discomfort is a signal that something needs… — Chrystal Evans Hurst Copy Share Image
“I was overwhelmed by an undefinable sensation, too serene to be called anxiety, but unpleasant enough not to go unnoticed.” — Guadalupe Nettel Copy Share Image
“For many of us, our first response to vulnerability and pain of these sharp points is not to lean into the discomfort… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow.… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Love should not cause suffocation and death if it is truly love. Don't bundle someone into an uncomfortable cage just because you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Hard work pays off in the future but requires discomfort now. Laziness pays off now but guarantees discomfort in the future. — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
I have argued tirelessly, nearly endlessly, in so many books, about the need for the social, the economic reconstruction of society. The… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Dressed that way, he looked almost like any other New Yorker. It was only he nervous shifting of his eyes that hinted… — Heidi Heilig Copy Share Image
Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
Difficult things provoke all your irritations and bring your habitual patterns to the surface. And that becomes the moment of truth. You… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
A university shouldn't be a place of comfort. It should be a place of discomfort because you want to disabuse these kids… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We live in a very mollycoddled society where the slightest bit of discomfort is seen as wrong, but that discomfort is there… — Matthew Hussey Copy Share Image
When a person's primary objective is to maximize material pleasures while minimizing discomforts, then life becomes a constant process of "pushing" (trying… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
The only difference between comedy and drama is that, in comedy, I'm going to utilize the tool of creating laughter to deflect… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
How dominating is appetite, how enveloping immediate experience! Even the philosophically minded among us capitulate, ultimately, to the narrowest sense of personal… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
My body becomes a raft and there's this part of me that wants just literally to go with the flow. To close… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Shame is the proper reaction when one has purposefully violated the accepted behavior of society. Inflicting it is etiquette's response when its… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I've often been flabbergasted by modern pharmaceutical ads on television. The list of side effects for some maladies often sound worse than… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Fear keeps us rooted in the past. Fear of the unknown, fear of abandonment, fear of rejection, fear of not having enough,… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
There comes a time when the pain of continuing exceeds the pain of stopping. At that moment, a threshold is crossed. What… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
