Best Distress Sayings

406 Distress quotes by 318 unique authors

We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses… — Thomas Jefferson
I do not mind having imaginary conversations with animals who are part of my life. The comfort of talking to one at a time of… — Derek Tangye
The redundant population, necessarily occasioned by the prevalence of early marriages, must be repressed by occasional famines, and by the custom of exposing children, which,… — Thomas Malthus
Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary,… — Pope John Paul II
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his… — Jean de la Bruyere
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man. — Seneca the Younger
It distresses us to return work which is not perfect. — Peter O'Toole
People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress."… — Khalil Gibran
Nature [has] implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which prompts us irresistibly… — Thomas Jefferson
One can delineate the domain of philosophy however one likes, but in its search for truth, philosophy is always concerned with human existence. Authentic philosophizing refuses… — Herbert Marcuse
If it had not been for the pernicious power of envy, men would not so have exalted vengeance above innocence and profit above justice... in… — Thucydides
Princess Diana talking to Prince William about the loss of her title Her Royal Highness: She turned to William in her distress. She (Princess Diana)… — Paul Burrell
We believe in the Three Rs - reducing the consumption of meat and other animal-based foods; refining the diet by eating products only from methods… — Wayne Pacelle
I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer.... People's general awareness is… — Kate Bush
There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths. — Victor Hugo
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the… — George Washington
People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not. — Neil Postman
I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of… — Henry David Thoreau
It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life. — Bernie Siegel
People who are obsessed with Jesus aren't consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God's kingdom coming… — Francis Chan
In the hours of distress and misery, the eyes of every mortal turn to friendship; in the hours of gladness and conviviality, what is our… — Walter Savage Landor
I sat in my desolation Withdrawn from all around, Feeling my life was a ruin, a failure. I was empty inside with the utter collapse… — Unknown Author
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler

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