Pain Quotes

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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester. — Karen Armstrong
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else… — Lance Armstrong
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons. — Lance Armstrong
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being… — Kevyn Aucoin
The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. — Saint Augustine
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. — Marcus Aurelius
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that… — Paul Auster
Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced… — James A. Baldwin
Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy… — Honore de Balzac
I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that? — Tyra Banks
I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come… — Joey Lauren Adams
Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. — Drew Barrymore
Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the… — Charles Baudelaire
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see… — Joseph Addison
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in… — Joseph Addison

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