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
“Man will never reach the higher wisdom, If he can't yet accept the pain of change.” — Toba Beta 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 not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable. — Suzanne Collins 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
A Painful Moment Comes When You Get Close with A Person.. And One Day that Person Suddenly Try To Avoid You.. And… — Jazz Mhr Copy Share Image
I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with… — Gautama Buddha 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
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day.… — Roger Zelazny 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
My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. 'Don't you ever wish you could make that bit go away?"… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
Feelings are only your history being occasioned by the present moment. If that's your enemy, then your history is your enemy. If… — Steven C. Hayes Copy Share Image
“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
How does life become totally painful By total retreat. Total noninspection becomes total pain.But existence is basically composed of a very few… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
