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Quotes About Relief

Comprendió claramente que el castigo de aquellos atormentados espíritus consistía en una ansia infinita de aliviar las desgracias humanas, careciendo de poder para ello.
~ Charles Dickens
Reihm wasn't thrilled by the Moon walk that he and his colleagues had worked for years to make possible; he was thrilled by its being over
~ Charles Fishman
There is no problem a burrito can't solve.
~ TijuanaFlats.com
Perhaps all pleasure is relief.
~ William S. Burroughs
If you ask, "What is the use of praying?" I answer, "Woe is me if I do not pray!" I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent somewhere. I pray because it is easier to pray than not to pray. It is the soul that prays first: the tongue wags afterwards. It is no small privilege that we have of talking with God, and of laying our troubles upon him so as to feel relieved of them.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Well pleased, with a sigh of relief he dropped into the chair and sat watching her, talking idly, as one who is feeling his way to a pleasant intimacy of whose nature he is not quite sure. She was very sweet and sympathetic about the examinations, told how she hated them herself and thought they ought to be abolished; said he
~ Grace Livingston Hill
Without a degree of risk, there is little chance for the enormous mixture of relief and achievement that follows in its steps. It is the leap that goes on to support even greater attempts at the seemingly impossible challenges that the world often uses to sort the men from the boys, and of course, the women from the girls!
~ Graham Kerr
It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to be aware of the final reward of her efforts, whose ambition is to be present, in full possession of her senses, when the infant she already adores greets her with its first loud cry and the soft touch of its restless body upon her limbs.
~ Grantly Dick-Read
Anticipation of pain leads to fear, and fear amplifies pain," he says. "Expectation of relief from pain increases the opioids in the brain, makes the hurting stop. How your mind reacts to pain determines how much pain you actually feel.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
necesito descansar; necesito, del mismo modo que se sangra el cuerpo por cuyas henchidas venas se precipita la sangre con pletórico empuje, desahogar el cerebro, insuficiente a contener tantos absurdos.
~ Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
malgré tout leur fameux cynisme (ou peut-être à cause de lui), les Sarantins étaient presque toujours d'une nature émotive et passionnée, comme si vivre au centre du monde donnait du relief et de l'importance à chaque événement de leur existence.
~ Guy Gavriel Kay
Reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.
~ James Hilton ( Cowboy)
Millions of Republican fliers openly jeered at the poor, accusing FDR of providing "Free lunch to Hoboes, Relief Clients, Underprivileged Transients, and others who won't work.
~ James MacGregor Burns
The house was on fire, i greeted them tersely. In case you're interested. they both glanced up overhead as if to make sure the house was still standing. Fang sniffed, smelling the smoke. It's out, right? he said
~ James Patterson
Fang swerved closer to me, big and supremely graceful, like a black panther with wings. Oh, God. I'm so stupid. Forget I just said that. He needs a Band-Aid, I said. A look passed between me and Fang, full of suppressed humor, relief, understanding,love — Forget I said that too. I don't know what's wrong with me.
~ James Patterson
He's gonna be fine," I confirmed. "Can we see him?" Iggy asked. "Ig, I hate to break this to you, but you're blind," I said, my relief making me tease him. "However, in a little while you can go listen to him breathe and maybe talk to him.
~ James Patterson
I could have farted out loud, and it would have been less embarrassing than the silence. Finally
~ James Patterson
Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life at the full rate again in 2011.
~ Doc Hastings
The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.
~ Eliza Haywood
When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate to it. In a matter of a couple of hours, $30,000 had been donated. That, to me, was eye-opening.
~ Misha Collins
As soon as I signed for the French rugby union, it was just a huge relief, you know, because I was out of Sydney and out of sight doing what was best for myself.
~ Sonny Bill Williams
The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground.
~ Stephen Lewis
The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
~ Colin Powell
It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.
~ Morgan Freeman