Quotes about Comforting

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. Votes: 5

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister. Votes: 5

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action. Votes: 5

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now. Votes: 5

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass. Votes: 5

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash. Votes: 5

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened. Votes: 5

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved. Votes: 5

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's. Votes: 4

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. Votes: 4

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. Votes: 4

Conflict cannot survive without your participation. Votes: 3

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. Votes: 3

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort. Votes: 3

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. Votes: 3

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap. Votes: 3

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical. Votes: 3

Comforting Wealth comes by good work, by wisdom it increases, cleverness stabilizes it and by patience it is preserved. Votes: 3

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'. Votes: 3

Comforting lies are better than a hurting truth, is my policy, but it's impossible to lie in front of you Votes: 3

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. Votes: 3

I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world. Votes: 3

I used to like to break into other people's houses and sit in their rooms. I found it very comforting to be in someone's empty house. Votes: 3

God, it was good. Comforting and stimulating at the same time. Absolute world-class pheromones. I wished I could take his jacket home with me. Not him, just the jacket. Votes: 3

We have a new class in this country: the deserving rich. ... The deserving rich do nice things for each other. Comforting the unafflicted is something that comes naturally to them. Votes: 3

And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones. Votes: 3

Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday. Votes: 3

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind? Votes: 3

Comforting someone when they were stricken with loss was something else. It meant commitment. It meant caring. It meant you wanted to ease their pain, and at the same time you were thanking God that whatever the bad thing was that had happened, it hadn't happened to them. Votes: 3

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Votes: 3

To be with old friends is very warming and comforting. Votes: 2

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting. Votes: 2

How can you take seriously someone who likes to believe something because he finds it 'comforting'? Votes: 2

Fragrance is a bit of a selfish gift because it's comforting when you're near someone and you recognize their smell. Votes: 2

Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal. Votes: 2

It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really cozy. Votes: 2

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives. Votes: 2

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world. Votes: 2

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace. Votes: 2

It's very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job which shows every sign of being easy, then you are a prisoner of effortlessness. Votes: 2

The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! Votes: 2

A lot of people have found the idea of living your life over and over again absolutely terrifying; there's some people that find it very comforting. There are others that are appalled by it. Votes: 2

We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration! Votes: 2

I think it's very comforting for people to put me in a box. 'Oh, she's a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.' Votes: 2

I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting. Votes: 2

Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting. They hit the pause button on life and remind us that it has an end. Every eulogy reminds me to deepen my dash, that place on the tombstone between our birth and our death. Votes: 2

I have the same thing every day. I find it comforting. I have a banana, but I can never eat the whole banana. And I'll drink a couple of Actimels. And some kind of cereal with almond milk. And then after that, I have a Coke. Votes: 2

I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay. Votes: 2

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day. Votes: 1

Love is healing. Love is comforting. Love is holy. Food can be all those things, too. Votes: 1

Easy comfort isn't comforting Votes: 0

Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness. Votes: 0

I can't believe I'm comforting a billionaire. Votes: 0

Discord says it's a good idea. That's comforting. Votes: 0

In a painting I want to say something comforting. Votes: 0

It was almost comforting, this mutual acceptance of our secrets. Votes: 0

To be with old friends is very warming and comforting, Votes: 0

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. Votes: 0

I believe in comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. Votes: 0

Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have. Votes: 0

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting Votes: 0

This is about as comforting as a cold brick when you're lonely. Votes: 0

Few things are less comforting than a tiger who's up too late. Votes: 0

Real love is comforting, to be sure, but not always at first. Votes: 0

A comforting acquaintance, hope, a contagious thing like spring, inebriating like lager. Votes: 0

... clothes sometimes gave one more of a lift than any philosophic comforting. Votes: 0

Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves. Votes: 0

There's something comforting about the companionship of animals in a new place. Votes: 0

The rooms that are lived in are the ones we find most comforting. Votes: 0

We live by faith in a prayer-hearing, soul-converting , soul-sanctifyin g, soul-restoring, soul-comforting God. Votes: 0

I think it's a room full of insecure actors, which is ultimately very comforting. Votes: 0

Euthanasia" is an excellent and comforting word! I am grateful to whoever invented it. Votes: 0

Maybe probably ain't all that comforting a word when it's maybe yer not dying. Votes: 0

…surprised all over again at how very comforting very bad food can be. Votes: 0

Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music. Votes: 0

Oh yeah, this was so comforting. Like a porcupine in a condom factory.' (Danger) Votes: 0

Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him. Votes: 0

There didn't seem to her any harm in it, and the make-believe was so comforting. Votes: 0

Thinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting. Royal Assassin Votes: 0

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable. Votes: 0

A belief may be comforting. Only through your own experience, however, does it become liberating. Votes: 0

There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble. Votes: 0

It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way. Votes: 0

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought. Votes: 0

It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven. Votes: 0

Something was comforting about strangers"”it seemed like they would exist forever as the same, unknowable mass. Votes: 0

Music is nourishment, and a comforting elixir. Music multiplies the beauty of life and all its values. Votes: 0

When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting. Votes: 0

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. Votes: 0

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it. Votes: 0

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress. Votes: 0

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing. Votes: 0

It gives me a deep comforting sense that Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal. Votes: 0

Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish. Votes: 0

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments. Votes: 0

No sin, no matter how momentarily pleasurable, comforting, or habitual, is worth missing what God has for us. Votes: 0

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. Votes: 0

The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther. Votes: 0

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music. Votes: 0

Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy. Votes: 0

I always welcomed the comforting cloak of night except for the times when I lost something in it. Votes: 0

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love. Votes: 0

It's quite comforting to me as an individualist that we're not very close to being clones of one other. Votes: 0

There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle. Votes: 0

It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody's out there. Votes: 0

There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion - a false hope. Votes: 0

For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food. Votes: 0

He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan Votes: 0

John Fiedler's voice was kind of like the wind blowing through tall grass. It sounded homey and it sounded comforting. Votes: 0

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad. Votes: 0

if it weren't for you, mornings wouldn't be so comforting - slippers wouldn't scrape through the rooms of my heart Votes: 0

The truth is black celebrities are not as sought after in the press as white celebrities, and that is comforting. Votes: 0

I sighed; as comforting as it may be to some of us, sarcasm, like youth, is wasted on the young. Votes: 0

That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become. Votes: 0

I find anger so comforting. It's like a blanket made of unresolved issues, but it's a blanket none the less. Votes: 0

In some ways, climbing in the clouds is comforting. You can no longer see how high off the ground you are. Votes: 0

Read widely of others' experiences, even if it'd be more comfortable to snuggle back in the comforting cotton-wool of blissful ignorance. Votes: 0

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. Votes: 0

Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living. Votes: 0

Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things. Votes: 0

The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting? Votes: 0

The shining. It was a good name, a comforting name, because she had always thought of it as a dark thing. Votes: 0

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it. Votes: 0

I have no faith in the sense of comforting beliefs which persuade me that all my troubles are blessings in disguise. Votes: 0

I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion. Votes: 0

His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me. Votes: 0

Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe. Votes: 0

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself; the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass. Votes: 0

How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting. Votes: 0

Alcohol may also persuade us that we have found the truth about life, a comforting experience rarely available in the sober hour. Votes: 0

The most comforting feeling ever is knowing that someone truly likes your entire existence. I feel that way right now. Thank you. Votes: 0

Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting. Votes: 0

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. Votes: 0

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands. Votes: 0

I think it's more comforting to look in the past because you can understand it better, and there are labels for it often. Votes: 0

A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance. Votes: 0

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day. Votes: 0

It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls. Votes: 0

If youre a sugar addict like most people, you need to read Beyond Sugar Shock. This compassionate, comforting, uplifting book will change your life. Votes: 0

Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief Votes: 0

Much of my experience of life has cost me a great price and I wish to use it for strengthening and comforting other souls. Votes: 0

There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again. Votes: 0

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be. Votes: 0

I try to see the dark and light in everything. This is my way of comforting myself when I am dealing with those emotions. Votes: 0

In a world gone bad, a bear - even a bear standing on its head - is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity. Votes: 0

Most men's conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them. Votes: 0

In the lonely hours, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about eternal things. I have contemplated the comforting doctrines of eternal life. Votes: 0

Truth is often uncomfortable. It is only comforting to those who do not wish to ignore it. Then, truth becomes not only comforting, but inspiring. Votes: 0

It's easy, almost comforting, to dismiss Trumpism as the cry of laid-off men in rust-belt states shaking their wrinkled fists at the juggernaut of modernity. Votes: 0

When you get lost in a really strange place, nothing is more comforting than found your friend whom you trust and can show the way. Votes: 0

My all-time favorite skin cream is from Poland. Its called Eva Natura with Polish herbs, including rosemary. It smells wonderful and is soothing and comforting. Votes: 0

It's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one does. Votes: 0

There should be hours for necessities, not for delights; times to repair our nature with comforting repose, and not for us to waste these times. Votes: 0

That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on. Votes: 0

When you can answer questions about what you think and when you can explain why you think what you think, that's power, it's comforting power. Votes: 0

When you can answer questions about what you think and when you can explain why you think what you think, that's power, it's comforting power. Votes: 0

Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know. Votes: 0

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. Votes: 0

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to laugh. Votes: 0

There was something very comforting about him, and I was not sure if it was his easy manner or his complete immunity to my scowling. Votes: 0

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both. Votes: 0

If I'm going to meditate, there is a little church up in Montecito, California. It's an old Spanish mission, actually. I find it comforting in there. Votes: 0

The broom wasn't as comforting as a flamethrower would have been, but it was better than a mop and certainly more threatening than a feather duster. Votes: 0

I stood in the library admiring the huge book collection. There was something inherently calming about being surrounded by books, even their smell and texture was comforting. Votes: 0

I found the prospect daunting, but somehow comforting, too, because the counselors insisted it could be done, and, after all, many of them were recovering alcoholics themselves. Votes: 0

It's always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room or any location you're on, you can make a photograph that you'll appreciate. Votes: 0

Here had lived someone else who knew that the only thing waiting at home was a sense of loneliness. Sometimes it is comforting. Most often, it isn't. Votes: 0

It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a given moment became less important. Votes: 0

There's something so comforting to me about having a cup of tea, and it really needs to be made with love - I can taste the difference. Votes: 0

I think one reason TV has always done well is because there is something comforting where you kind of know what you're going to be taken through. Votes: 0

Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales. Votes: 0

She made him think of his mother, of his nurse, of all things kind and comforting, besides having the attraction of not being his mother or his nurse. Votes: 0

My favorite shirt to sleep in is the one my birth mom was wearing when she died in my arms. Morbid for some perhaps but comforting to me. Votes: 0

The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and in the exaltation after the combat. Votes: 0

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy. Votes: 0

I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be. Votes: 0

Life is a voyage across troubled waters where our days are often spent clinging to the top of the highest mast, scouting for a comforting glimpse of shore. Votes: 0

I once talked about wanting to kill myself, but I don't think I was ever really planning on doing it. It was just comforting to know that I could. Votes: 0

If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it. Votes: 0

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most that happens seem the best. Votes: 0

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once. Votes: 0

But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead, would spawn a comforting self-pity. Votes: 0

there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal. Votes: 0

[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood. Votes: 0

Old film-noir movies. There's something comforting about watching black-and-white movies, and hearing this kind of music just puts me in a fantasy world. It's a really great escape for me. Votes: 0

It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play. Votes: 0

All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. Votes: 0

It must be, I thought, one of the race's most persistent and comforting hallucinations to trust that "it can't happen here" -- that one's own time and place is beyond cataclysm. Votes: 0

Braising eggs in a flavoursome, aromatic sauce is all the rage. It is warming and comforting, ideal for the morning when you are not normally up for a great culinary challenge. Votes: 0

There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a comforting thought Votes: 0

And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go. Votes: 0

The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess the secret of all things, is comforting, terrifying and mesmeric. Votes: 0

I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion. Votes: 0

I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music. Votes: 0

The US Constitution serves the same function as the British royal family: it offers a comforting symbol of tradition and continuity, thereby masking a radical change in the actual system of power. Votes: 0

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting. Votes: 0

There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting... But to say that something is comforting is not to say that it's true. Votes: 0

But it was too interesting, too new, too flattering, too deeply comforting to resist, it was a liberation to be in love and say so, and she could only let herself go deeper. Votes: 0

Most of my food memories are of my Nan cooking Sunday dinners - roasts of meat with lots of vegetables. I suppose I cook what's comforting and dishes that make me feel good. Votes: 0

Its very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job which shows every sign of being easy, then you are a prisoner of effortlessness. Votes: 0

I was sort of lazy at school, but I realize I still have something to bring to the subject which is comforting. I feel I am not as stupid as I thought I was. Votes: 0

If there is something comforting - religious, if you want - about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, a condition not many of us can bear for long. Votes: 0

On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar. Votes: 0

Anheuser-Busch gives two free cases of beer to its employees at all of its parks, like Busch Gardens. That's a comforting thought the next time you're getting ready to get on the roller coaster! Votes: 0

It isn't enough to just be on the journey; we must be awake to our duty and continue with faith as we draw upon the comforting, strengthening, enabling, and healing power of the Atonement. Votes: 0

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! Votes: 0

That all of God's men are immortal until God is through with them is a wonderful comforting thought for today. And when He is through with you, He will remove you from the earth. Votes: 0

A belief in the purposeful complexity of Fate is always more comforting than random, straightforward facts. This may be why Mother preferred to believe in Atlantis and UFOs rather than in virtually everything else. Votes: 0

But my sadness is comforting Because it's right and natural And because it's what the soul should feel When it already thinks it exists And the hand pick flowers And the soul takes no notice. Votes: 0

[David Tennant's] Doctor has such humanity, he seems to understand us and he's very warm, so he's a comforting Doctor to be with, and he enables us to be slightly scarier than we had been. Votes: 0

They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades. Votes: 0

I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought. Votes: 0

By nature, your soul is soft, gentle, loving and kind. It is forgiving, peaceful, and humble. Confident and comforting in times of despair, your soul is strong, focused, and determined in the mission called life. Votes: 0