I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams. — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease. — Viktor E. Frankl 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
It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are… — Samuel Daniel Copy Share Image
The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Nature [has] implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of… — Epictetus 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
The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave… — Solon Copy Share Image
When human hearts break and human hearts despair, then from the twilight of the past the great conquerors of distress and care,… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The thing that most distresses me is whenever I see things over sexualized, I worry about young girls. Some of the fall… — Lily Tomlin 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
Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“When I penetrate into that house, if I ever do, it will be to go on turning, faster and faster, more and… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“Come in," he said gently. And inwardly raged at this portion of his being that rendered him helpless; that he could not… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Anxiety and stress-related mental dysfunction is the plague of modern-day society. Millions of people are tormented by anxious thinking and the consequent… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
It has been said by a distinguished philosopher that England is "usually the last to enter into the general movement of the… — Isaac Todhunter Copy Share Image
I believe that mental health services should be based on the premise that the origins of distress are largely social. — Peter Kinderman Copy Share Image
“When all hope is gone and your back is against the wall, ‘Pray.’ Ask God to guide you and he will take… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable. — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Being sad is a state of distress, being happy is a state of excitement, being blissful is a state of enlightenment. Have… — Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Someone who has a disability is not necessarily in distress. You may be embarrassing and inconveniencing someone by butting in and making… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
I can only say, don't be a victim of stress and distress. Just go out in the world and strive what you… — Sudha Chandran Copy Share Image
True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If you are in distress, you are in trouble. You're hurting either physically or mentally. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
“It's a damn good thing I'm not the damsel in distress type; we'd all be f*cked.” — RM Gilmore Copy Share Image
“Don’t worry, he said, I never leave a damsel in the same state of distress I found her in.” — Emily Carter Copy Share Image
“I was free, free from all the distress and angst i felt before. Her red string of fate was tied to someone… — Shreyansh Jaiswal Copy Share Image
Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes. — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image