Agony Quotes

456 Agony quotes by 365 unique authors

It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots, the dreadful sense… — Hector Berlioz
Discipline is something we despise for the moment.... We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall. No one enjoys… — Charles Stanley
If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony… — Paul D. Boyer
I think my soul never was in such an agony before. I felt no restraint, for the treasures of divine grace were opened to me.… — David Brainerd
I hate and love. You ask, perhaps, how can that be? I know not, but I feel the agony. — Catullus
Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with… — Unknown Author
Everyone wants to change, but change demands desire and discipline before it becomes delightful. There is always the agony of choice before the promise of… — Larry Lea
Love doesn't happen in an instant. It creeps up on you and then it turns your life upside-down. It colours your waking moments and fills… — Vikas Swarup
Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death. — Gautama Buddha
I, the dreamer clinging yet to the dream as the patient clings to the last thin unbearable ecstatic instant of agony in order to sharpen… — William Faulkner
I am a patient God. All men will come to Me in due time, but the agony of awaiting that day shall be theirs alone.… — Walter Russell
Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses. — Paulo Coelho
There's no agony like [getting started]. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter, walking about, or casting yourself down on a… — Agatha Christie
Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this… — Simone Weil
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble. — Louise Bogan
When you know your work sells, then seeking a gallery or outdoor show is fine. Then, if an event or art gallery kicks sand in… — Jack White
Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day. — Mike Schmidt
Sometimes I run and I don't even feel the effort of running. I don't even feel the ground. I'm just drifting. Incredible feeling. All the… — Steve Ovett
You find out a lot about yourself through athletics. If you're cut out to be a winner or a failure or a quitter, athletics will… — Steve Ovett
Teas, Where small talk dies in agonies. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this… — Rose Macaulay
The breakage and agony rending us today will be our salvation if they drive us by new routes to meet it. . . . As… — Helen Keller
The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of… — Pope Gregory I
There's a story... a legend, about a bird that sings just once in its life. From the moment it leaves its nest, it searches for… — Colleen McCullough
Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this over… — Tillie Olsen

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