Discomfort Quotes

In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.

Revolution is man's normal activity, and if he is wise he will grade it slowly so that it may be almost imperceptible - otherwise it will jerk in fits and starts and cause discomfort.

Hard work pays off in the future but requires discomfort now. Laziness pays off now but guarantees discomfort in the future.

You’re sleeping with an assassin, running for your life every single day from men who want to kill you and you’re convinced you’re going to die of discomfort.

In Guinea I could read [Franz] Kafka. I re-discover in him my own discomfort.

I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page of a new book that we most wanted to read.

I think it's a really good thing to put yourself in a situation where you feel really uncomfortable because I think things can come out of that discomfort.

We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to be a synonym for agony that isn't yours.

You were always uncomfortable with the rhetoric of emotion, which is quite a different matter from discomfort with emotion itself.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

I've kind of realized life is meant to be tough and everybody is in psychic and spiritual discomfort of some sort and has a burden to carry. I've realized I'm not special.

Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are built up as positive experiences.

But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.

Becoming a father has definitely heightened my discomfort with uncertainty. I want to be able to say, I know what will happen, when, why. But most of the time, we just don't know.

Be content where you are! The sooner I let go of the notion that something could only be one way, the way I had planned it, without fail, I have always gotten more done and with far less discomfort.

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 already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that.

Women are brought up to think it's acceptable to pay attention to their faces. Men translate their discomfort into their behavior.

I experienced the discomfort of those who have moved mentally, but are still clamped, physically, to the places they have moved from.

It is a commitment to respect whatever life brings that we develop wholehearted determination to use discomfort as an opportunity for awakening, rather than trying to make it disappear.

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

Don't look for a life virtually free from discomfort, pain, pressure, challenge, or grief, for those are the tools a loving Father uses to stimulate our personal growth and understanding.

It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying to their Artificer.

Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.

As an artist you can use your own discomfort and neuroses and difficulties and at least transform them into something else. Without that you're just neurotic and uncomfortable.

Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.

An adventure is never an adventure while it's happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquillity.

An adventure is never an adventure when it happens. An adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility.

When it comes to dressing, comfort is overrated. A little discomfort probably means your clothes fit and they're not pajamas.

On Earth, much of the wrenching discomfort of emesis, apart from the sensation of nausea itself, is from the coordination of many muscles it takes to counter gravity.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

Discomfort: the valley between the body and the soul. Comfort: the bridge between the body and the soul

It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.

It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conversative shell, unless he doesn't feel discomfort there.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Don’t be too comfortable with employment discover yourself and see what you can achieve for yourself

When we get too comfortable, we stop dreaming.

Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.

No matter how sweet is smells, if you know it will give you a discomfort later, don't even attempt to taste it. Discipline yourself to stay out of sin!

Let your discomfort and pain push you into something new.

Life demands something else, discomfort and pain.

Life demands discomfort and pain.

Discomfort awakens the consciousness.

The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.

I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.

Comfort without action is only discomfort and dissatisfaction in latent action. It always seems we shall have a good tomorrow until a bad tomorrow comes

Comfort, though can be a real reason for mediocrity and conformity, improves speed and enhances mind power greatly!

But I comforted myself with the thought that the reward for every discomfort I suffered for God was a spiritual blessing.

The first noble truth says simply that it’s part of being human to feel discomfort.

Even discomfort or pain delivers awareness of life, and an opportunity for gratitude.