I sat in my desolation Withdrawn from all around, Feeling my life was a ruin, a failure. I was empty inside with… — Marjorie Pizer Copy Share Image
Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
We hear often of the distress of the negro servants, on the loss of a kind master; and with good reason, for… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the… — Faye J Crosby Copy Share Image
God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
She was a stirrer of the pot, a lover of intrigue and distress, a creature who seemed to draw oxygen from the… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does. — Julius Rosenwald Copy Share Image
Character is revealed in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Being a seasoned Londoner, Martin gave the body the "London once-over" - a quick glance to determine whether this was a drunk,… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether… — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
“The main recipients of injustice in any society are the afflicted the distressed and the troubled one, both in soul and in… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
When people are uncertain about what is right and what is wrong, and anxious about being considered old-fashioned, it seems to be… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
“Heroes became extinct when saving the world became more important to rescue a damsel in distress.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker, by three different lights, in his… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Sign of old age: distress at all leave-takings, all separations. And the sadness of memories, because I'm aware they're condemned to death. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Commercial distress in any great business center will the more surely create widespread disaster. — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own.… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
“Wanting too much sex and being obsessed with it is usually a sign of distress (or immaturity), not necessarily of passion. Passion… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
I cruelly hate cruelty, both by nature and reason, as the worst of all the vices. But then I am so soft… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
