Painful Quotes

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What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure… — Saint Augustine
Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. — Diane Ackerman
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that… — Teresa of Avila
It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. — Francis Bacon
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister
My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I… — Drew Barrymore
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties,… — Ethel Barrymore
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. — Martha Beck
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. — Henry Ward Beecher
There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we… — Saul Bellow
I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful… — Sara Blakely
A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support,… — Elizabeth Blackwell
I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the… — Mary J. Blige
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. — Erma Bombeck
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal… — Jean de la Bruyere
My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire family. My first grandmother passed… — Gisele Bundchen
Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that… — Abdallah II
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us… — Louisa May Alcott

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