Discomfort Quotes · Page 4

To comfort me is like the wrong memory at the wrong place or time: if one is lonely one prefers discomfort.

— Anonymous

Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.

— Scott Westerfeld

“It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.”

— Tarif Naaz

I think we have to show respect for the nation and standing up for the anthem should not cause discomfort to citizens.

— Rockline Venkatesh

The proper thing to do is to admit that hell is real and to allow our feelings of discomfort to motivate us…

— J.P. Moreland

In order to prevent chronic discomfort, Whites may learn not to notice.

— Beverly Daniel Tatum

Discomfort isn't grounds for discrimination. We have a big country with a lot of different kinds of people in it.

— Sarah McBride

Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.

— Susan Maushart

Emotional maturity is the ability to stick to a job and to struggle through until it is finished, to endure unpleasantness, discomfort…

— Edward Adam Strecker

I think the job of a good journalist, especially in Washington, is to create discomfort, and I think for a certain class…

— Mark Leibovich

Lack of money means discomfort, means squalid worries, means shortage of tobacco, means ever-present consciousness of failure-above all, it means loneliness.

— George Orwell

I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Becoming a father has definitely heightened my discomfort with uncertainty. I want to be able to say, I know what will happen,…

— Michael Adam Hamilton

Successful contrarian investing requires us to live with discomfort, for being "wrong" and alone. But bargains do not exist in the absence…

— Robert D. Arnott

Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more…

— T. Harv Eker

The need to find out what will happen if I don't relent or moderate my actions has been a constant source of…

— Russell Brand

Who looks at me, beholdeth sorrows all, All pain, all torture, woe and all distress; I have no need on other harms…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose…

— Donald Glover

For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also…

— Giles Duley

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good…

— Brené Brown

How dangerous are those sea animals with bad reputations? A few actually kill. A few maim. Some are poisonous when eaten by…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal…

— Philip Pearlstein

Pessimism is a product of our civilization. It is not natural to the savage; he feels pain, or discomfort, and suffers from…

— Arthur Lynch

It has to be admitted that, in a sneaking way, although he hated the discomfort of seasickness, once he was over it,…

— John Flanagan

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

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

I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.

— Brett Gelman

Think of today as an opportunity to discover and grow beyond your mental and emotional discomfort.

— James Van Praagh

It's when the discomfort strikes that they realize a strong mind is the most powerful weapon of all.

— Chrissie Wellington

I'm living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.

— Adam Shankman

“The earthquake of discomfort you feel moving inside of you when someone insults you is your own insecurity.”

— Bryant McGill

“Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.”

— Alexandre Dumas

If you know how to get fun out of the so-called discomforts, then you should know you are on the right lines.

— Nirmala Srivastava

There's more discomfort being an old soul or a person who questions a lot of things. I'm young, but I'm old.

— Lykke Li

“It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conversative shell, unless he doesn't feel discomfort there.”

— Tarif Naaz

Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.

— Kelly McGonigal

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

— Morgan Freeman

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

— John F. Kennedy

Your comfort should not cause discomfort to others. Be considerate.

— Mufti Ismail Menk

I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.

— Jonathan Tropper