- Brethren
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comforted Quotes
Where real comfort comes from.
These comforted quotes trace where real reassurance comes from — ancient stories told around a fire to hold back fear, and the steady presence of a Father who taught, corrected, and encouraged in equal measure.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I really want to be comforted myself, what I look for is a story about how somebody could survive something really difficult.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
- Bad People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they've stayed with me and comforted me.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
American political scions evoke a central contradiction in our thinking. We believe - or say we do - in nurture, not nature. Yet we are comforted by the aristocratic notion that leadership might run in the bloodlines.
- Corrected
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was with my father at his end, as he was with me at my beginning. In the thirty-three years we shared together, he raised me, taught me, corrected me, comforted me, encouraged me, and supported me in all things.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father would be able to give others a second chance at life. That is why I encourage everyone to sign up to be a donor.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, 'Poor thing.' I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano is not only a business, it's a hobby I enjoy.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not saying that I'm happy about what's going on right now in our nation, but I am at peace and I am comforted because I know that He's on the throne. That is good enough for me.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started keeping a diary in third grade and, in solidarity with Anne Frank, gave it a name and made it my confidante. To this day, I feel comforted and relieved of loneliness, no matter how foreign my surroundings, if I have a pad and a pen with which to record my experiences.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020