Discomfort Quote by Lionel Shriver Download Open image ““Discomfort begets discomfort in others.”” — Lionel Shriver ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discomfort
“Be willing to tolerate discomfort—being uncomfortable is often the price for making a real difference.” — Al Ritter Copy Share Image
“For it is discomfort's own essence to be near a man and to feel him in torture of misery, to feel with him the… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
“Even discomfort or pain delivers awareness of life, and an opportunity for gratitude.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“If you have a sense of discomfort about your life, that is a gift. Your discomfort is a signal that something needs to change.” — Chrystal Evans Hurst Copy Share Image
“The slightest pain that we have, is the reaction of the pain that we had given. So do what you find comfortable.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“It seems to me there is always pain—or at least discomfort—involved in getting really good at something.” — Erika Andersen Copy Share Image
“Avoiding pain causes endless suffering for you and others. Avoiding pain is really selfishness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“I’m a journalist, and journalists need news. Deprive them of it, and they go a bit barking. Deprive them of news long enough, and… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“One of the things I learned with Charles," said Gray carefully, "was that finding someone like you does not necessarily mean that either of… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
In the particular dwells the tawdry. In the conceptual dwells the grand, the transcendent, the everlasting. Earthly countries and single malignant boys can go… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“The idea is that you don't only have one destiny. Younger and younger, kids are pressed to decide what they want to do with… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Oddly, for a book to do well merely because people like it is surprisingly rare. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“And there's a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk.” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The sign that I don't like the book I'm reading is finding myself watching reruns of 'Come Dine With Me.' — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
We speak often of 'destroying the planet' when what we mean is destroying its habitability for humans. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
My agent had warned that, while a fine film would do my profile a world of good, a bad one wouldn't help me at… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“I think that's the biggest favor you can grant anyone, don't you? Permission to be dull. I know Henry will sometimes say something so… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“Even discomfort or pain delivers awareness of life, and an opportunity for gratitude.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.” — Tarif Naaz Copy Share Image
Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
You need to understand plant chemistry, be inured to discomfort and awesomely flexible. When something breaks down-the plane, the boat, you just have to… — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
Intuitive guidance means having the self-esteem to recognize that the discomfort or confusion that a person feels is actually directing him to take charge… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
What separates great athletes from mediocre ones isn't only talent and training - it's also how well they can handle discomfort. — Laird Hamilton Copy Share Image
It's very counterintuitive to boil down something so personal, something that requires privacy. All of a sudden, you open it up to the world… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image