The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Comfort Quotes
God be prais’d, that to believing souls, Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. (Henry VI)
According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable.
No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or so distressed the comfortable. (Of Eleanor Roosevelt)
We lead lives inferior to ourselves, said philosopher William James – lives that don’t reflect our real ability. One reason we do: It’s more comfortable not to try hard. But life is, or should be, a struggle: Comfort should make us uncomfortable; contentment should make us discontented. Runners embrace that philosophy. In common with most […]
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.
If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.
The duty of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.
