Quotes About Comfort

Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.

Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.

O bed! O bed! Delicious bed! That heaven on earth to the weary head!

It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well-nestled in bed and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come, not past; the limbs are tired enough to render the remaining in one posture delightful; the labor of the day is gone.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.

You can be happy indeed if you have breathing space from pain.

There are moments in life when all that we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at consoling words that would reveal the depths of our pain.

Tis the human touch in the world that counts-the touch of your hand and mine-Which means far more to the sinking heart than shelter or bread or wine For shelter is gone when the night is o'er, and bread lasts only a day But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice Live on in the soul always.

Nearer, my God, to Thee - Nearer to Thee - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still warm waters.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

From his cradle to the grave, a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge.

Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow-for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of water.

For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual... would be, I think, an American cow.

I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Let not your heart be troubled.