Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

Things that happen along the way determine the final result. I think the pain and suffering I went through in the past... lead me here… — Lee Dong-wook
If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're supposed… — Joan Halifax
True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions. — Matthieu Ricard
...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and… — Carl Van Vechten
Consider the generosity of our Savior: what He acquired by dying becomes ours by eating. As often as we receive this Sacrament with proper dispositions,… — Louis of Granada
Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. — Henry Suso
Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Must you continue to be your own cross? No matter which way God leads you, you change everything into bitterness by constantly brooding over everything.… — Jane Frances de Chantal
As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive… — Madeleine Sophie Barat
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want… — Ignatius Loyola
I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to live a long time because I yearn to… — Unknown Author
For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more. — Maximilian Kolbe
If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love. — Gemma Galgani
Christ prayed for those that crucified Him: 'Father, count not this sin against them; they know not what they do.' Archdeacon Stephen prayed for those… — Silouan the Athonite
There is no university for a Christian, like that of sorrow and trial — Charles Spurgeon
There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it is sickness, and that has often been a greater… — Charles Spurgeon
God loves you enough , trusts you enough, to let affliction come into your life to see whether you will exercise the muscles of faith… — John Howe
We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear… — Elizabeth Ann Seton
It is loving the Cross that one finds one heart, for Divine Love cannot live without suffering. — Bernadette Soubirous
He who wants to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come in conflict with it. — Unknown Author
If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured. — Saint Colette
Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain. — Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God. — Jane Frances de Chantal

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