"People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem……" — Neil Postman

More Distress Quotes

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• My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am… — Brigitte Bardot
• All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want… — John Adams
• Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and… — Ezra Taft Benson
• Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for… — William Blake
• Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. — Edmund Burke
• Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
• Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and… — Spencer W. Kimball
• The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. — Confucius
• Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is… — Sun Tzu
• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to… — Dalai Lama
• Suave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood, without causing excess heat; the organ of thought receives from it a… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
• When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of… — Sun Tzu

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