The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Votes: 4
Thomas PaineI have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Votes: 2
Baron de MontesquieuI have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Votes: 2
Charles de MontesquieuAffliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! Votes: 2
Robert BurnsWhoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are. Votes: 2
Princess DianaI don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim. Votes: 2
Scarlett JohanssonIn all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. Votes: 2
Robert E. LeeJust as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty. Votes: 0
Vernon HowardIt is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies. Votes: 0
Anna Robertson Brown LindsayHis distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children. Votes: 0
Ann BrasharesWhenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerA soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonSorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love. Votes: 0
Moses ibn EzraPresence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success? Votes: 0
John DrydenRegret is distress over a desire unfulfilled or an action performed or not performed. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerCommercial distress in any great business center will the more surely create widespread disaster. Votes: 0
Josiah StrongAnxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence. Votes: 0
Joseph Wood KrutchWhatever be the ground of one's distress, it should drive him to, not from God. Votes: 0
John FlavelThrough the years, I have helped thousands of children who were ill or in distress. Votes: 0
Michael JacksonThe superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. Votes: 0
ConfuciusNo one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress. Votes: 0
Henry FieldingWhen from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow? Votes: 0
William CowperI contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies. Votes: 0
Oliver JamesIt takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life. Votes: 0
Bernie SiegelIt is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. Votes: 0
LucretiusIn this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd. Votes: 0
George CrabbeVery few things in life are worthy of the kind of emotional distress we put ourselves through. Votes: 0
John MayerPeople in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not. Votes: 0
Neil PostmanSookie is always in distress, it wouldn't be 'True Blood' if someone wasn't trying to kill her. Votes: 0
Anna PaquinThe world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. Votes: 0
W. Somerset MaughamI might be the only chick in the group, but that didn't make me the damsel in distress. Votes: 0
Jeaniene FrostIt seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it. Votes: 0
Dietrich BonhoefferI equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GilbertToo often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress. Votes: 0
Ann AguirreOne way to make a baby cry is to expose it to cries of other babies. There's sort of contagiousness to the crying. It's not just crying. We also know that if a baby sees another human in silent pain, it will distress the baby. It seems part of our very nature is to suffer at the suffering of others. Votes: 1 Paul Bloom
When I look around the world, I don't see too many damsels in distress. If they're a damsel in distress, they're manipulating some guy to help them. Votes: 5 Sigourney Weaver
One way to make a baby cry is to expose it to cries of other babies. There's sort of contagiousness to the crying. It's not just crying. We also know that if a baby sees another human in silent pain, it will distress the baby. It seems part of our very nature is to suffer at the suffering of others. Votes: 1 Paul Bloom