Quotes about pain
pain age moments
I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain. Thomas Jefferson
pain political-opinions hatred
It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions. Thomas Jefferson
pain fear self-esteem
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. Thomas Jefferson
pain ambition men
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. Thomas Jefferson
pain pride evil
1.Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2.Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3.Never spend your money before you have it. 4.Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5.Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. 6.We never repent of having eaten too little. 7.Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8.How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened. 9.Take things always by their smooth handle. 10.When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. Thomas Jefferson
pain real believe
The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung to this single, illusory belief that we've almost forgotten the real truth about happiness. So busy are we trying to deserve happiness that we no longer have much time for ideas such as: Happiness is natural, happiness is a birthright, happiness is free, happiness is a choice, happiness is within, and happiness is being. The moment you believe that happiness has to be deserved, you must toil forevermore. Robert Holden
pain men littles
If little labour, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains. Robert Herrick
painting far-away form
There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away. Robert Henri
painter deals stills
A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it? Robert Henri
pain memories missing
Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind felt—like his missing memories were aching. Rick Riordan
pain love-is elements
Oh, love. Love is best of all. There is no such total element, not even pain. Who has ever loved, knows this. I need not say more. Tanith Lee
pain yoga retreat
The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips. Taiye Selasi
pain lessons form
Some lessons are only delivered in the form of pain. Tablo
pain valor contempt
Valor is the contempt of death and pain. Tacitus
pain thinking afterlife
I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of the end of my life, I think mainly: I didn't do nothing, but I could have done more. Sylvia Kristel
pain thinking baths
I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one. Sylvia Plath
pain heart blood
The blood of love welled up in my heart with a slow pain. Sylvia Plath
pain thinking understanding
I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out. To learn and think: to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love. Sylvia Plath
pain taken bye
Let's face it: I'm scared, scared and frozen. First, I guess I'm afraid for myself... the old primitive urge for survival. It's getting so I live every moment with terrible intensity. It all flowed over me with a screaming ache of pain... remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted. When you feel that this may be good-bye, the last time, it hits you harder. Sylvia Plath
pain self giving
Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body that work, not I. Tell yourself this unceasingly and realise it. Try not to know that you work. Swami Vivekananda
pain ignorance simple
This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure. Swami Vivekananda
pain misery-and-pain attachment
All misery and pain come from attachment. Swami Vivekananda
painting stem contrast
Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this. Roy Lichtenstein
pain believe apology
Abuse is always wrong. Some try to excuse it. Most perpetrators have a sense of entitlement, thinking their actions are justified. Ironically, their victims may also believe they deserve to be mistreated. Some will even defend their abuser, citing his or her earnest apologies afterward. But abuse in any form, for any reason, wounds both spouses. It's always sinful, and few things destroy trust in a marriage as quickly. Regardless of childhood pain or marital conflict, mature spouses learn to set limits so anger doesn't become abuse by frequency, degree, or duration. Rob Jackson
pain real growth
The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain. Richard Paul Evans
pain way remove
The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life. Richard Paul Evans
pain hands life-is
So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove. Richard Paul Evans
pain fickle hours
such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour Richard Paul Evans
pain cutting night
Hey, if you'd wanted to avoid 'this,' you shouldn't have lured me last night. Now it's too late. You might as well avoid the long, drawn-out pain and get it over with quickly. Sort of like taking off a Band-Aid. Or cutting off a limb." "Wow, who says there's no romance left in the world? Richelle Mead
pain self-harm going-away
She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it. Richelle Mead
painful jokes
You make a joke out of everything. Life’s too painful not to. Richelle Mead
pain faces enough
He stepped forward and punched Dorian in the face, hard enough that I heard a thwack. "Ow," moaned Dorian, wincing from the pain. "My greatest asset. Richelle Mead
pain fighting animal
Victor smiled through the pain and the blood. "Of course you have. I used to think Belikov was the savage one, but it's really you, isn't it? You're the animal with no control, no higher reasoning except to fight and kill. Richelle Mead