Suffering Quotes

6116 Suffering quotes by 2923 unique authors

Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Nothing is improved by anger, unless it be the arch of a cat's back. A man with his back up is spoiling his figure. People… — Charles Spurgeon
Climate helps to shape the character of peoples, certainly no people more than the English. The uncertainty of their climate has helped to make the… — H E Bates
Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want by… — Henry Ward Beecher
Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can… — James Connolly
Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry… — Samuel Johnson
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the… — George Washington
I don't enjoy. I suffer from enjoying. It's very Christian. — Catherine Deneuve
I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions. — James A. Garfield
A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence. — Bruce Catton
People suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is impossible for a person to be cheated… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the… — Martin Luther
Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have rolled past and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a… — Frank Shorter
Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the suffering of human beings; why I… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
You can look forward with hope, because one day there will be no more separation, no more scars, and no more suffering in My Fathers… — Anne Graham Lotz
The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners might be saved,… — Charles Spurgeon
God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself. — Joni Eareckson Tada
If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering for… — Eckhart Tolle
The best we can hope for in this life is a knothole peek at the shining realities ahead. Yet a glimpse is enough. It's enough… — Joni Eareckson Tada
Don't waste your sufferings. — Warren W. Wiersbe
There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering. — D. A. Carson
Suffering times are a Christian's harvest time. — Charles Spurgeon
Suffering prepares you by training you to trust God and know that He is always at work in your life. — Charles Stanley
God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us… — Jerry Bridges

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