--- title: "18 Accept Suffering Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 18 Accept Suffering quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Accept Suffering sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/nate-miyaki-81842_better-tomorrow_don-t-accept-suffering-and-sorrow-today_2010294.jpg" --- > [“Don’t accept suffering and sorrow today in hopes of a better tomorrow. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-miyaki/don-t-accept-suffering-and-sorrow-today-in-hopes-of-a-better-tomorrow/) [Nate Miyaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-miyaki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/nate-miyaki-81842_better-tomorrow_don-t-accept-suffering-and-sorrow-today_2010294.jpg) > [It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/it-is-infinitely-easier-to-suffer-in-obedience-to-a-human-command/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_accepting_it-is-infinitely-easier-to-suffer-in-obe_1927973.jpg) > [It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-takes-an-unusually-philosophic-mind-to-accept-that-all-one-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/anonymous-1_accepting_it-takes-an-unusually-philosophic-mind-t_2463.jpg) > [Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/accept-suffering-and-achieve-atonement-through-it-that-is-what-you/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_accepting_accept-suffering-and-achieve-atonement-t_1939061.png) > [“Too much reason limits man to the physical world and blinds his imagination to the greater things that may be. But too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kramer/too-much-reason-limits-man-to-the-physical-world-and-blinds-his/) [John Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kramer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/john-kramer-14385_blindness_too-much-reason-limits-man-to-the-physic_963387.jpg) > [It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-werner-fassbinder/it-isn-t-easy-to-accept-that-suffering-can-also-be-beautiful-it-s/) [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-werner-fassbinder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/rainer-werner-fassbinder-25537_beautiful_it-isn-t-easy-to-accept-that-suffering-c_3013115.jpg) > [“Pain is inevitable; lives come with pain. Suffering is not inevitable. If suffering is what happens when we struggle with our experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-boorstein/pain-is-inevitable-lives-come-with-pain-suffering-is-not-inevitable/) [Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-boorstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/sylvia-boorstein-7241_pain_pain-is-inevitable-lives-come-with-pain_2405745.png) > [“May God accept my suffering, for the well-being and prosperity of our Nation. Pain upon pain, suffering upon suffering, agony upon agony,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corneliu-zelea-codreanu/may-god-accept-my-suffering-for-the-well-being-and-prosperity-of-our/) [Corneliu Zelea Codreanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corneliu-zelea-codreanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/corneliu-zelea-codreanu-17913_pain_may-god-accept-my-suffering-for-the-well_677493.jpg) > [“I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olatz-campos-yann-martel-stephen-chbosky/i-saw-my-suffering-for-what-it-was-finite-and-insignificant-and-i-was/) [Olatz Campos + Yann Martel Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olatz-campos-yann-martel-stephen-chbosky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/olatz-campos-yann-martel-steph_suffering_i-saw-my-suffering-for-what-it-was-finit_2207339.jpg) > [Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/don-t-be-bitter-everybody-suffers-if-you-can-accept-your-suffering/) [Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/stephen-colbert-503_accepting_don-t-be-bitter-everybody-suffers-if-you_2019.png) > [It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corazon-aquino/it-wasn-t-until-we-got-over-the-self-pity-that-we-were-able-to-accept/) [Corazon Aquino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corazon-aquino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/corazon-aquino-15399_able_it-wasn-t-until-we-got-over-the-self-pit_1729861.jpg) > [“All major religious traditions accept that suffering and death are simply part of life. The deep radicalism of humanitarian action is its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rieff/all-major-religious-traditions-accept-that-suffering-and-death-are/) [David Rieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rieff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/david-rieff-100439_art-of-life_all-major-religious-traditions-accept-th_1235562.jpg) > [When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/when-a-man-finds-that-it-is-his-destiny-to-suffer-he-will-have-to/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/viktor-e-frankl-668_acceptance_when-a-man-finds-that-it-is-his-destiny_1246665.jpg) > [“Every situation is distinguished by its uniqueness, and there is always only one right answer to the problem posed by the situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/every-situation-is-distinguished-by-its-uniqueness-and-there-is/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/viktor-e-frankl-668_destiny_every-situation-is-distinguished-by-its_1225484.jpg) > [“Real Christians accept suffering as a normal part of following Christ, just as mothers accept labor as a normal part of delivering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-p-yohannan/real-christians-accept-suffering-as-a-normal-part-of-following-christ/) [K.P. Yohannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-p-yohannan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/k-p-yohannan-11363_christianity_real-christians-accept-suffering-as-a-no_963537.jpg) > [When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/when-a-man-finds-that-it-is-his-destiny-to-suffer-he-will-have-to-2/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/viktor-e-frankl-668_bears_when-a-man-finds-that-it-is-his-destiny_2625837.jpg) > [The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/the-whole-universe-or-the-structure-that-perceives-it-is-a-worthy/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/julian-assange-1566_accepting_the-whole-universe-or-the-structure-that_706852.jpg) > [“If the evil-doing of men moves you to indignation and overwhelming distress, even to a desire for vengeance on the evil-doers, shun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/if-the-evil-doing-of-men-moves-you-to-indignation-and-overwhelming/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) 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