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Painful Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What…
- Indeed, when God's glory dwells in me, there is nothing too far away, nothing too painful, nothing too strange or too familiar that it cannot…
- Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care makes us into…
- God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.
- Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in…
More Painful Quotes
- What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Drew Barrymore
- Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Sara Blakely