Quotes about Pain
From the standpoint of the Olympians, eon after eon of earthly history rolls by, revealing ever the harmonious form of the total round, so that where men see only change and death, the blessed behold immutable form, world without end. But now the problem is to maintain this cosmic standpoint in the face of an immediate earthly pain or joy.
— Joseph Campbell
It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.
— AW Tozer
I feel just like the boy who stubbed his toe—too damned badly hurt to laugh and too damned proud to cry!
— Abraham Lincoln
Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely
— Publilius Syrus
lost her only son—and Elijah to blame.
— RT Kendall
Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.
— James Faust
From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form.
— Mother Angelica
The love that you withhold is the pain you carry.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reality's such a pain sometimes, you know?
— Randy Alcorn
Romans 8 contains a powerful theology of suffering. There's the groaning of those dying without hope, and in contrast, the groaning of those in childbirth. Both processes are painful, yet they are very different. The one is the pain of hopeless dread, the other the pain of hopeful anticipation. The Christian's pain is very real, but it's the pain of a mother anticipating the joy of holding her child. It
— Randy Alcorn
When you once had faith and no longer do, I suppose it's like a woman carrying a dead baby. The sight of live babies becomes painful.
— Randy Alcorn