Distress Quotes

406 Distress quotes by 318 unique authors

I have learned there is no joy without hardship. There is no pleasure without pain. Would we know the comfort of peace without the distress… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not… — Francis of Assisi
When we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future and see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come, as to how… — Henry Ward Beecher
Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress… — Sharon Salzberg
What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that… — Alice Miller
Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the… — Samuel Johnson
As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God's gift of life and love?… — Pope John Paul II
Ready-to-Halt, Poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your favorite haunt. There build a tabernacle,… — Charles Spurgeon
Countless people...will hate the New World Order...and will die protesting against it...we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of… — H.G. Wells
Let God enlarge you when you are going through distress. He can do it. You can't do it, and others can't do it for you. — Warren W. Wiersbe
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. — William Blake
The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although… — Ambrose
Every one in this world has as much as they can do in caring for themselves, and few have leisure really to think of their… — Hester Lynch Piozzi
Solitude and privacy have become more essential to the individual; but modern enterprise and invention have, through invasions upon his privacy, subjected him to mental… — Samuel D. Warren
To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which opens wide the… — Ole Hallesby
It has been said by a distinguished philosopher that England is "usually the last to enter into the general movement of the European mind." The… — Isaac Todhunter
[S]uppose the mind of [a] friend of humanity were clouded over with his own grief, extinguishing all sympathetic participation in the fate of others; he… — Immanuel Kant
If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and distress. If we wholeheartedly beg… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and… — Diane Abbott
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said,… — Zhuangzi
When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one; distress and poverty… — Rumi
There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of… — Umar
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may. — Charles Dickens
I couldn't give a rat's tutu about your emotional distress — Judy Sheindlin
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take… — Ban Ki-moon

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