Ordeal Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (O) Quotes

Going out is such a hassle. The singles club scene where you sit down, talk, get to know each other, hang out-it`s such a big ordeal.

- Brian Austin Green

This ordeal has been made all the more difficult because of how much it has upset my family, particularly my mother.

- John Leslie

Well, I think they`re all basically the same story. Every culture in the world has them. When you strip it down and analyze it, it`s the young man or girl who goes through a trial or ordeal and hits a very low ebb but manages to get guidance from a Merlin type figure.

- Liam Neeson

I`m grateful this ordeal is over, and I`m so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.

- Paula Abdul

I hate to sound like a Pollyanna, ... but in a way (the ordeal) was kind of a blessing. It puts things in perspective. You learn who your friends are; you realize the importance of family. I was 18 when I did Sound of Music . My life started to get very linear; I started to get tunnel vision. (The injury) opened my eyes as to how I wanted to be as a human being.

- Laura Benanti

It`s an ordeal, and I know it`s very stressful.

- Nancy Walker

The hardest part of this whole ordeal is not knowing if your children are getting what they need to survive.

- Susan Smith

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

- Winston Churchill

The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.

- Zane Grey

The plucky Brits were shaken but not stirred by the Superdome ordeal,

- James Murray

It`s a three-hour ordeal, and actually a waste of time.

- Bill Ramsey

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

- Allen Harris

She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it.

- Alymer Letterman

I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal.

- Alyssa Biondo

Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.

- Andreas Rummelt

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

- Andrew Preston

He`s never complained, and the fact he`s never complained and said anything negative through this whole ordeal is inspiring.

- Anita Weiss

The judicial authorities are imposing a grim ordeal on three journalists under pressure from the governor of an unstable state. The Nigerian press is still in the grip of harsh legislation, a brutal police force and authoritarian governors. On this New Year`s Eve, we call for their release and we reiterate our commitment to the independent press and, in particular, to the three Port Harcourt prisoners who are exposed to dangerous challenges.

- Ann Darrin

Despite any defenses, he could not and would not put his family through the ordeal of a trial.

- Anthony Santomero

During our ordeal, we were repeatedly lied to by the Abu Sayyaf and they are not men of honor. They should be treated as common criminals. We support all efforts of the government in bringing these men to justice,

- Arash Yaraghi

It`s a three-hour ordeal, and actually a waste of time.

- Arshad Masood

Mo seems to have fared well despite his ordeal and is expected to fully recover,

- Audra Major

He`s been through a real tough ordeal that none of us could even imagine. He caught a bus to Houston.

- Austen Randolph

(In coping with such a trying ordeal, faith offers hope, Sullivan said.) You have to have faith, ... If you don`t have faith, you don`t have anything.

- Baron Rothschild

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

- Winston Churchill