Agony Quotes

456 Agony quotes by 365 unique authors

God is action, complete with mistakes, fumblings, persistence, agony. God is not the power that has found eternal equilibrium, but the power that is forever… — Nikos Kazantzakis
The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and… — Lucy Ellmann
I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony. — Ben Hecht
Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and all the agonies of the soul, but for all time his tormenting tragedy is, and will… — Leo Tolstoy
While I have very little to say in favor of sex (it's vastly overrated, it's frequently unnecessary, and it's messy), it is greatly to be… — Quentin Crisp
To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor fellow-creature, whom they cannot restore nor recompense, dying to gratify luxury and tickle callous and… — Unknown Author
Perhaps it would have been possible to see in him a new Prometheus...the hero who for the good of mankind exposes himself to the agonies… — W. Somerset Maugham
It is difficult to conceive any situation more painful than to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country, to tend it during the alternate… — Unknown Author
I am not interested in things getting better; what I want is more: more human beings, more dreams, more history, more consciousness, more suffering, more… — David Zindell
Writing has such a power for expressionEven when you can’t talk with no one else in the whole world you can talk to your paper.… — Piri Thomas
It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to… — Grantly Dick-Read
At the supreme moment of his dying Jesus so identified himself with men and the depths of their predicament and agony that no man can… — Os Guinness
To experience the agony of defeat makes you stronger. It's like taking one step back and two steps forward. To experience the agony of defeat… — Leon Spinks
Here then is a great #‎ truth . In the #‎ pain , the #‎ agony , and the #‎ heroic endeavors of life, we… — James E. Faust
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in knowing… — David Ebershoff
Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible. — Timothy Keller
Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves… — Andy Behrman
Strength is nothing more than enduring life - to be able to survive the heartaches and agonies we go through with our heads held high.… — Sylvia Browne
Character is revealed in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to detect the hunger… — David A. Bednar
One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to handle. One who… — Gichin Funakoshi
Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite… — Karl Marx
My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell! — Solomon Northup
There isn't an agony in the world more powerful than tenderness — Marlena De Blasi
Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them… — Pat Conroy
Spiritual character is only made by standing loyal to God's character, no matter what distress the trial of faith brings. The distress and agony the… — Oswald Chambers

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