Best Distress Proverbs

406 Distress quotes by 318 unique authors

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on thin air, growing… — Andrew Solomon
Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering… — James F. Byrnes
If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no… — Steven Curtis Chapman
It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has… — Ma Jian
All by yourself, unable to express the pain of your distress with your deeper inside. You alienate yourself and everybody else. — Henry Rollins
I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic. — Dick Cavett
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. — Seneca the Younger
Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have… — Thomas a Kempis
The more you move toward what makes you feel good, and move away from those things which bring you distress and pain, the healthier you… — Christiane Northrup
There is a marvelous story of a man who once stood before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. "Dear… — David Wolpe
Your emotions are your inner guidance system. They alone will let you know whether you are living in an environment of biochemical health or in… — Christiane Northrup
Consider that worrying excessively about another person, especially a loved one, is a destructive act. It causes you emotional distress which prevents you from being… — Hal Elrod
First, it must be a pleasure to study the human body the most miraculous masterpiece of nature and to learn about the smallest vessel and… — Rudolf Virchow
When you are in something that you're proud of and it's funny and it's a good night out and all of those things, there's nothing… — Bill Nighy
In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please… — Jonathan Swift
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease. — Mencius
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than… — Samuel Johnson
Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is… — Thomas Carlyle
Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for… — Michelangelo
When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow? — William Cowper
In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. — Robert Herrick
It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. — Lucretius
Life is best spent in alleviating pain, assuaging distress, and promoting peace and joy. The service of man is more valuable than what you call… — Sathya Sai Baba
Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't use the gifts… — BrenÃ© Brown
When you are in deep distress and cannot restrain some expression of it, sit down and write out a harsh letter venting your anger. But… — Donald T. Phillips

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