Suffering Quotes

6116 quotes by 3043 authors

As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought… — Chinua Achebe
I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival. — David Attenborough
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. — Saint Augustine
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against… — Teresa of Avila
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. — Roger Babson
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. — Lord Acton
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. — Russell Baker
Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality… — Alan Ball
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
Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options… — Albert Bandura
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it. — Brigitte Bardot

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