“The problem is not the harshness of Fate, for anything we want strongly enough we get. The trouble is rather that when we have it we grow sick of it, and then we should never blame Fate, only our own desire.” WantShouldEnoughProblemDesireGrowsFateTroubleSickBlameHarshness Author:Cesare Pavese
“We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave.” PeopleKnowsWritingTryingYearsMayStillsEnoughBigsSeemsCareLastsSufferingBornRightsTroubleTreeProtectDiseaseHundredSickConstitutionBravePlantPaintTake CareCuresClimbsNo HopePlant A Tree Author:Linda Ellerbee
“Visit those who are sick, or who are in trouble, especially those whom God has made needy by age, or by other sickness, as the feeble, the blind, and the lame who are in poverty. These you shall relieve with your goods after your power and after their need, for thus biddeth the Gospel.” NeedsMadeAgePovertyTroubleSickBlindSicknessGoodsNeedyLame Author:John Wycliffe
“It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.” TroubleHealthyDoctorsSickFolksTroublesome Author:Josh Billings
“When a chap is in love, he will go out in all kinds of weather to keep an appointment with his beloved. Love can be demanding, in fact more demanding than law. It has its own imperatives - think of a mother sitting by the bedside of a sick child through the night, impelled only by love. Nothing is too much trouble for love.” ThinkingKindChildrenFactsLawMotherNightToo MuchTroubleSittingSickWeatherAll KindsBelovedImperativesAppointmentsChapsSick Children Author:Desmond Tutu
“The popular culture says . . . Do what you do, your life is predestined, like the installment plan on your house. There's not much you can do about it. Make your payments, live it, get sick, die, don't make any trouble. It is the Master Charge of destiny. Try to get your high credit rating.” TryingLife IsDiesCultureHouseCan DoDestinyPlansTroubleMastersSickCreditPaymentRatingPopular CulturePredestined Author:Jerzy Kosinski
“I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them... those are the ones in trouble.” PeopleFeelsBelieveI BelieveTroubleEffectsNegativeSickWorried Author:Maria Conchita Alonso