Quotes about Suffering
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
— Samuel Johnson
Patience means self-suffering.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
— Thomas a Kempis
The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries.
— George Washington
Patience is a fruit that only grows under trials.
— Joyce Meyer
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
— Jimmy Carter
God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.
— Thomas Watson
I have pain; there is no arguing against sense, but I have peace, I have peace.
— Richard Baxter
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation.
— John Owen
Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?
— Albert Einstein
We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?
— George Bernard Shaw
leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing
— Anne Frank