Endurance Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

“It is, after all, a simple and tragic thing that on occasion our unkindness to others is actually a desperate effort to be kind…

— Tahereh Mafi

“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But…

— St. Augustine of Hippo

“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Sometimes, we inflict misery on others no matter how hard we try not to.”

— Lilas Taha

“It’s unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder.”

— Emma Thompson

“My priority is to see that some people don’t suffer for the good of others.”

— Chris Matthews

“If you're too loyal to your own suffering, you forget that others suffer, too.”

— Teju Cole

“Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other sufferers.”

— Eleanor Catton

“You never know the hurt others endure in this world behind the closed windows of their life, or the joy a simple act of…

— Jennifer Skiff

“Unlooked-for kindness can cut deep as cruelties if they come at the wrong time.”

— Lyndsay Faye

“No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.”

— Virgil

“Few things wound more cruelly than unkind words spoken unkindly.”

— Val Edward Simone