#distress

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ↗

— William Cowper

#distressed #mind #occupation #quite #rest

I am never angry, although sometimes distressed. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#am #angry #distressed #i #i am

The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#corn #dear #distress #grew #land

When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#distresses #expected #grieves #may #revival

A 'For Sale' sign in your yard during the holidays is like a 'kick me' sign. You are telling buyers you are a distressed seller. ↗

— Ray Brown

#distressed #during #holidays #kick #like

The only thing true about what you just said was the storybook damsel part - and that only because you're pretty enough to be one. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#damsel-in-distress #beauty

You'd think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him," said Miss Hillyard. "It didn't pay, did it? Say he sacrificed his professional honour for the women and children we hear so much about -- but in the end it left him worse of." But that," said Peter, "was only because he committed the extra sin of being found out. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#dishonesty #falsification #family #financial-distress #honor

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. ↗

— Princess Diana

#call #come #come running #destiny #distress

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#also #days #distress #fullness #joy

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#distressing #effective #emotional #emotions #empathy