Humor During Tough Situations Quotes & Sayings

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits. — Stephen Young

Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried. — Gabrielle Zevin

If you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing. — George Allen

The perceived meaninglessness of work is often part of depression. It usually, however, is a sign of depression rather than a cause. Death. — Edward T. Welch

What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory? — Richard Sibbes

The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform. — Tennessee Williams

The coming battle was waiting like a fox in the shadows. — Erin Hunter

Love is not like a buffet line where the person in front of you threatens to take too much and leave too little for you. Love is like a muscle; the more it is exercised today, the more it can be used tomorrow. — Harold S. Kushner

Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow the action with tenderness and interest, all passion spent. Rather than surrender to the story or the characters - as a good first reader ought - we can now look at how the book works, and instead of swooning over it like a besotted lover begin to appreciate its intricacy and craftmanship. Surprisingly, such dissection doesn't murder the experience. Just the opposite: Only then does a work of art fully live. — Michael Dirda

Sunbeams were coming down from the bottom of the cloudcover, pointing to different areas of Chicago.
And I wanted to break off a sunbeam right where it met with the clouds and use it as a sword to protect the city.
Anyone coming in comes through me.
Anyone leaving leaves through me.
Anyone not wanted, denied.
Everyone else inside safe-but always in view of my sunbeam sword as I hold it, arms crossed and expressionless. — Sam Pink

Life is a Symphony of instruments and there is no limit on how many we can choose to play! — Darlin Nickie