Distresses Quotes

33 quotes by 28 authors

The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who… — Brother Lawrence
It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting… — John Flavel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of… — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book,… — William Wilberforce
The family is the world's greatest welfare agency, and the most successful. What the federal government has done in welfare is small and trifling compared… — R.J. Rushdoony
Be aware of anxiety. Next to sin, thee is nothing that so troubles the mind, stains the heart, distresses the soul, and confuses the judgment. — William Bernard Ullathorne
It distresses me when I take my seven-year-old nephew out. I cook healthy food, and he wants to go to McDonald's. He doesn't even like… — Julia Sawalha
Many years ago I sent an old, beloved jacket to a cleaner, the Sycamore Cleaners. It was a leather jacket covered in Guinness and blood… — Peter O'Toole
It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion. — Max Beerbohm
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
In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and disappointments… — Felix Frankfurter
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. — Robert E. Lee

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