#distress

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. ↗

— Confucius

#ability #distressed #fact #his #limitations

It can be a little distressing to have to overintellectualize yourself. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#little #yourself

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#help #i #live #place #rush

Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#conditions #continuing #deeper #distress #important

It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress. ↗

— Ma Jian

#barred #being #both #caused #china

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#feel #hair #i #i feel #just

The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose. ↗

— Hudson Stuck

#breath #distressing #more #more and more #rose

Commercial distress in any great business center will the more surely create widespread disaster. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#business #center #commercial #create #disaster

There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes. ↗

— William Trevor

#author #autobiography #based #case #distress

We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once. ↗

— Peter Akinola

#clearly #common #common faith #determined #distressed