Quotes about pain
pain want needs
The only thing that's problematic is the constant explaining, the constant need to kind of go, No, I don't want that because of such and such. I feel like I'm a pain in the ass, and I don't like being difficult. Woody Harrelson
pain war struggle
...men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle. Woodrow Wilson
pain father years
My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well. Yanni
pain people growing
I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of lifes wisdom. Wislawa Szymborska
pain holiday discovery
... we ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for whatever time may be left to us. Nature ... is a prodigal of pain. I should like to find a day when we can take a holiday, a day of jubilation when we can fête good Saint Anaesthesia and chaste and pure Saint Antiseptic. ... I should be bound to celebrate, among others, Saint Penicillin... Winston Churchill
pain elements fiction
There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes. William Trevor
pain uncomfortable-feeling feelings
Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment. Will Rogers
pain kind feels
I don't feel there's any kind of pain in my life. Wes Borland
pain fall levels
Something like Nightmare On Elm Street, to me, was kind of an examination of levels of consciousness and the pain of facing the truth, and how easy it is to fall asleep, or want to fall asleep. Wes Craven
pain laughter world
I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong. W. E. B. Du Bois
pain men necks
A man without a woman is like a neck without a pain. W. C. Fields
pain cancer father
My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me. Zoe Wanamaker
pain rap moving
I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me. Zubin Mehta
pain silent harlem-renaissance
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it. Zora Neale Hurston
pain thinking animal
I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death. Zack de la Rocha
pain business giving
Yeah, leading an examined life, I always say, is a pain in the ass. It adds an element of complexity to business that most businessmen don't want to hear about. They just want to call a fabric manufacturer, and say, "Hey, give us 10,000 yards of shirting." Yvon Chouinard
pain extinction empires
There is a beginning and end to all life - and to all human endeavors. Species evolve and die off. Empires rise, then break apart. Businesses grow, then fold. There are no exceptions. I'm OK with all that. Yet it pains me to bear witness to the sixth great extinction, where we humans are directly responsible for the extirpation of so many wonderful creatures and invaluable indigenous cultures. It saddens me to observe the plight of our own species; we appear to be incapable of solving our problems.
pain lying doubt
Beyond doubt, there was a certain splendor in pain, which bore a deep affinity to the splendor that lies hidden within strength. Yukio Mishima
pain acceptance persistence
Pain, I came to feel, might well prove to be the sole proof of the persistence of consciousness within the flesh, the sole physical expression of consciousness. As my body acquired muscle, and in turn strength, there was gradually born within me a tendency towards the positive acceptance of pain, and my interest in physical suffering deepened.
pain darkness age
He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free of all pain? A graceful death—as a richly patterned kimono, thrown carelessly across a polished table, slides unobtrusively down into the darkness of the floor beneath. A death marked by elegance.
pain stress moving
It don't last forever, the pain. Realize that tomorrow is coming. Move further from this pain and this stress. Ziggy Marley
painting film very-happy
Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films. Yves Saint Laurent
pain dark understanding
Only by understanding the wisdom of natural foods and their effects on the body, shall we attain mastery of disease and pain, which shall enable us to relieve the burden of mankind. William Harvey
pain men justice
There is evil poured upon the earth from the overflowings of corruption-- Sickness, and poverty, and pain, and guilt, and madness, and sorrow; But, as the water from a fountain riseth and sinketh to its level, Ceaselessly toileth justice to equalize the lots of men. William Hazlitt
painter scholar
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
pain hate hatred
Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal.
pain power pleasure
Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.
pain giving bears
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.
pain giving littles
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
pain littles sometimes
Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road. Wendelin Van Draanen
pain heart tears
I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
pain convince-us practice
The people who benefit from this state of affairs have been at pains to convince us that the agricultural practices and policies that have almost annihilated the farming population have greatly benefited the population of food consumers. But more and more consumers are now becoming aware that our supposed abundance of cheap and healthful food is to a considerable extent illusory. Wendell Berry
pain acceptance blow
If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over; you will experience some aches and pains. But it is in the willingness to accept this discomfort that we strike the most telling blow against the power plants and what they represent.