In all my perplexities and distresses the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree while the other is in distress try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

The real man smiles in trouble gathers strength from distress and grows brave by reflection.

Individual psychotherapy - that is engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient modest and a perceptive listener rather than a talker and advice-giver.

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin but one of the twins died and the other has eaten the fiddle so all is peace.

All the perplexities confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation not from want of honor or virtue so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin credit and circulation.

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money for that is the miser's passion not the thief s.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

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.

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard fast and specific decision.

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration and all the fair examples of renown out of distress and misery are grown.

You know sometimes I feel well and vital in the world and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

At times of distress we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people nurture the belief that they can do things.

I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions their insecurities people's distress and their hopes and dreams.

I love the man that can smile in trouble that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm and whose conscience approves his conduct will pursue his principles unto death.

I love those who can smile in trouble who can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but they whose heart is firm and whose conscience approves their conduct will pursue their principles unto death.

Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.

Without realizing it the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.