111 Quotes About Discomfort

It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayers were more acceptable to God if he said them in his nightshirt than if he waited till he was dressed. This did not surprise him, for he was beginning to realise that he was the creature of a God who appreciated the discomfort of his worshippers.

The reality however is that in order to make progress in life, we have to embrace discomfort.

When people confide their deep hurt to you these days, you are at a loss for what to say. A long time ago, you used to say, "I'll be praying for you," and you always meant to do that, to take those heavy burdens off their shoulders and hoist them up to the Lord. But the truth is, you usually forgot. Usually, this was the thing you said to end the conversation, a nice way to say, "I'm sorry. I can no longer handle the depth of your pain. I don't want to talk about this anymore.

Confront your discomfort and your fear to see and experience your potential. Reach beyond. Don't limit yourself.

[T]he longer you stay skeptical, doubtful, intellectually uncomfortable, the better it is for you.

Life demands discomfort and pain.

Life demands something else, discomfort and pain.

Let your discomfort lead you into inventions

So much of what we hear about forgiveness is wrong. It’s no virtue, and it’s a forced lie unless it happens naturally. We pretend to forgive, trick ourselves into it, because we’re expected to by people who don’t want to be made uncomfortable, not to relieve our own pain. It’s so one-sided, so dismissive, so quick to call a lack of forgiveness some sort of failing by the person who was wronged.