If I hadn't gone through some of the painful experiences in my life, I would not be me. — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
“If you love someone, losing them is one of the most painful experiences.” — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful and painful experiences can only be felt,they cannot be expressed or explained.” — Anupama Garg Copy Share Image
There are enough painful experiences that go along with this trip that it keeps me in reality. It ain't all gems and… — Dick Latvala Copy Share Image
In life you are going to feel pain, there is not getting away from it. So allow those painful experiences to grow… — Naz Copy Share Image
Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the… — Bill Crawford Copy Share Image
Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I'M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I've seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others. — Benjamin Watson Copy Share Image
1992 was the worst year of my life, to watch my dad lose. It was a painful experience. Yet when I became… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
You cannot make steel until you have made the iron white-hot in fire. It is not meant for harm. Trouble and disease… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the perspective of the present moment that… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“Those who suicided were not weak, neither were they stupid. They were solely driven by pain. They were tough people who could… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I think people have an idea in their heads about entertainers[and] celebrities. I think they feel like their lives are so perfect,… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
I reject karma and rebirth not only because I find them unintelligible, but because I believe they obscure and distort what the… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I think being jilted is one of life's most painful experiences. It takes a long time to heal a broken heart. It's… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
About my marriage life, it has been pretty painful, pretty sad. I can't say there was no unpleasantness at all. I can't… — Amala Paul Copy Share Image
“It's a mistake to think that if we don't remember or don't acknowledge painful experiences they will just disappear. In fact, great… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, “forget it,” or “it will pass,” or “it could be worse” - all of which… — Peter Koestenbaum Copy Share Image
A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene. For me, that's some kind… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Over time, as the thinking mind begins to settle [through the practice of meditation], we’ll start to see our patterns and habits… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Don't allow painful experiences to hold you back. Believe that you can always reach your dreams. — Sharlene05 Copy Share Image
Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
To get to forgiveness, we first have to work through the painful experiences that require it. — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
Any painful experience makes you see things differently. It also reminds you of the simple truths that we purposely forget every day… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Blisters are a painful experience, but if you get enough blisters in the same place, they will eventually produce a callus. That… — Harry Herbert Miller Copy Share Image
I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I know, personally, that I would not be in the beautiful state of awareness that I find myself in daily now -… — Suzanne Giesemann Copy Share Image
The universe is a soul making machine, and part of that process is learning, maturing, and growing through difficult and challenging and… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
Our painful experiences strengthen us in becoming more empathetic, more caring, and deeper human beings. We grow in depth of understanding, with… — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
“The point is not to resist painful experiences or grasp at pleasant ones: that's a kind of craving - and craving leads… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image