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406 Distress quotes by 318 unique authors

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
Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the emotional shock of… — Faye J Crosby
Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress. — Gautama Buddha
Married women are far more depressed than married men - in unhappy marriages, three times more; and - interestingly - in happy marriages, five times… — Dalma Heyn
Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world… — Plutarch
It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck… — Jacques Chirac
... when the struggle seems to be drifting definitely towards a world social democracy, there may still be very great delays and disappointments before it… — H.G. Wells
Three fires is the international distress signal. — Joe Teti
In my experience flying search-and-rescue missions, the greatest single variable contributing to successful rescues was the preparedness and expertise of the person(s) in distress. — Tom Gross
Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes… — Blaise Cendrars
All too often a family’s spending is governed more by their yearning than by their earning. They somehow believe that their life will be better… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful… — Pope Francis
Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place… — Theodor Herzl
If we live by the principles of the gospel, we must be good people, for we will be generous and kind, thoughtful and tolerant, helpful… — Gordon B. Hinckley
When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated this way: when… — Mencius
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is… — Kate DiCamillo
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if… — Charles Spurgeon
You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress. — Warren Buffett
People first feel things without noticing them, then notice them with inner distress and disturbance, and finally reflect on them with a clear mind. — Giambattista Vico
The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs in disadvantaged urban… — Michael Porter
A disruption of the circadian cycle—the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday life—seems to be involved in many, if not most,… — William Styron
I tell you, my friends, it's a sin to pray for the U.S.A. And nobody that's intelligent, and that fears God, will fly the American… — Fred Phelps
I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. They don't give… — Edmund Hillary
To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence… — Piero Ferrucci
In times of distress strengthen your heart. — Samuel ibn Naghrillah

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