Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical… — Bertrand Russell
Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. — Christiaan Barnard
To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and… — Jane Goodall
Happy the man who can count his sufferings. — Unknown Author
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you. — Teresa of Avila
You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves;… — Alphonsus Liguori
God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze… — Therese of Lisieux
One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with… — Richard Hofstadter
Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living. — John Calvin
Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get. — J I Packer
The real proof of spiritual poverty is to patiently endure the loss of worldly goods and without any regret when it pleases our heavenly Father… — John Calvin
The marks of Jesus are imprisonment, chains, scourgings, blows and stoning in bearing testimony to the Gospel. Galatians 6:17 - 17 Finally, let no one… — John Calvin
The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory — John Calvin
After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things come if not… — John Calvin
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance...... — John Calvin
If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life. — Agatha Christie
The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The universe is a soul making machine, and part of that process is learning, maturing, and growing through difficult and challenging and painful experiences. The… — Lee Strobel
Courage would be impossible in a world without pain. — Lee Strobel
The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it. — Billy Graham
Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. — Philip Yancey
Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear always precedes the crown we wear. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering. — Winston Churchill
If we were never depressed we would not be alive - - only material things don't suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of… — Oswald Chambers

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