Comfort Quotes - Page 23

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.

It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.

I cried sobbingly until at last those visions reeking with blood came to comfort me. And then I surrendered myself to them, to those deplorably brutal visions, my most intimate friends.

Change requires leaving our comfort zones and plunging headfirst into uncomfortable situations. It's true this causes some pain and discomfort for a moment, but it's the quickest path to generating long-term fulfillment.

Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer.

It's a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.

All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing; and His peace passing all understanding.

I feel very comfortable going at full speed.

The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man.

Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?

Just be comfortable in your own skin. And that's how you can be the sexiest woman that you can possibly be.

The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something strange.

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

Much of aging comes from a misunderstanding of the effect of comfort.

We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighers did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany.

I thought tamarinds were made to eat, but that was probably not the idea. I ate several, and it seemed to me that they were rather sour that year. They pursed up my lips, till they resembled the stem-end of a tomato, and I had to take my sustenance through a quill for twenty-four hours. They sharpened my teeth till I could have shaved with them, and gave them a 'wire edge' that I was afraid would stay; but a citizen said 'no, it will come off when the enamel does' - which was comforting, at any rate. I found, afterward, that only strangers eat tamarinds - but they only eat them once.

Appeasement is a vote to live in the present tense, to hold the comforts of the moment.

Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others.

Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

Getting to a place of comfort can be uncomfortable.

Once you have made a decision and there is no turning back, acceptance is the only comfort.

Prosperity isn't defined by money alone; it encompasses time, love, success, joy, comfort, beauty, and wisdom.

The older you get, the more comfortable you get in your own skin. You find yourself.