Quotes About Comfort

If the world hate you, ye know that it has hated me before you." Poor comfort, one is disposed to say; yet it is not so poor when you consider the relative position of the parties. He who has already been hated is the Lord; they who are to be hated are but the servants. Of this Jesus reminds His disciples, repeating and recalling to their remembrance a word He had already spoken the same evening.

The family of James and John at least seems to have been in circumstances of comfort; for Mark relates that, when called by Jesus, they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after Him.

it felt healing to be pressed against him. As if some wound he never knew he had healed itself more each time they touched.

Nature can be so soothing to the tormented mind

Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis — a good hot cup of coffee.

Crying is the most primitive mechanism the body has to relieve tension and pain.

She was made for untidy rooms and rumpled beds.

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

Our camp-kettle, filled from the brook, hummed doubtfully for a while, then busily bubbled under the sidelong glare of the flames—cups clinked and rattled—the fragrant steam ascended; and soon this little circlet in the wilderness grew warm and genial as my lady's drawing-room.

I never know what I'm going to want to curl up in bed with." I shrug. "How about a man?" she retorts.

And in that moment, I know I will love him forever for doing that. Not love in the romantic sense, but love in the true, deep sense of the word. Without even being asked, he's driven through the night to be here for me. So I can lean on him when I need to lean on someone the most in my life. In the most desperate of times. When I thought I was alone. He was here. Waiting for me. And if that's not real love, I don't know what is.

but having witnessed Cricket's heartbreak, there seems to be little comfort to be gained when someone you love dies. It's just a case of necessity. Of getting on with it. Of putting one foot in front of the other, and breathing in and out.

But you love that house.' 'I do, yes, but it holds so many memories of Monty.' 'Isn't that good?' I reason. 'In many ways, yes, it can be of great comfort . . .' She pauses, then gestures around her. 'But life isn't a museum, Nell. I don't want to live in the past.

Never again would the ignorant masses want to take up arms against other nations, or indulge in racism or xenophobia, because instead they had a nice flat with a balcony and underfloor heating.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are summer showers to the soul.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 NIV

One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.

What best friends do so well is they just waste time.

All I do is sit at home and watch Netflix.

I literally order sushi, watch 'Law & Order,' and go to sleep at 9 o'clock every night. I'm a grandmother.

I hang out with my cats, watch Netflix and try to sleep as long as I can.

Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them.