It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No book or expert can protect us from the range of painful emotions that make us human. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience. — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain. — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage - only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein… — Wallis Simpson Copy Share Image
“Pain dutifully reminds me that the world is terribly imperfect, but it faithfully helps me appreciate the world on those days when… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful and painful experiences can only be felt,they cannot be expressed or explained.” — Anupama Garg Copy Share Image
Grief doesn't fade. Grief scabs over like my scars and pulls into new, painful configurations as it knits. It hurts in new… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
History records endless struggles to enlarge those realms, inspiring ones; it also records painful reversals and setbacks. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Letting go of someone is the most painful part of everyones life, but we have to remember that life still have the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Beyond the pain, life continues to be sweet. The basics are still there. Beauty, food and friendship, reservoirs of love and understanding.… — Rosamunde Pilcher Copy Share Image
“You know what happens when you slide your cheek on the edge of a sharp razor blade? Yes! That's how it feels… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life—and, sometimes, to escape it. But… — Michele Bardsley Copy Share Image
I have starved and it isn't nearly as bad as is generally supposed. Four days and a half was my longest stretch.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
So I learned that the people who make the most of the process of encountering reality, especially the painful obstacles, learn the… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is so much deep contradiction in my soul. Such deep longing for God - so deep that it is painful -… — Brian Kolodiejchuk Copy Share Image
Love is possible. Life is going to decide. Don't lose it, it's a treasure. It's going to be painful; it's going to… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
“After listening to everyone rumble with both their pain and their privilege, the white woman who wrote the “you don’t know me”… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
What little reality television I've seen seems to be about economic desperation. Like the marathon dancing of the Great Depression, which should… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Although it is embarrassing and painful, it is very healing to stop hiding from yourself. It is healing to know all the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
This is the real and urgent reason why we must prepare now to meet death wisely, to transform our karmic future, and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
