(1381 quotes found)
“Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.”
Woody Allen
“I would much prefer to suffer from the clean incision of an honest lancet than from a sweetened poison”
Mark Twain
“You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.”
Billy Graham
“The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.”
Confucius
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”
Albert Schweitzer
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”
Jim Rohn
“Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“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 his own stool.”
Chinua Achebe
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
Helen Keller
“In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.”
Dalai Lama