Quotes about Suffering
A victim is a person who suffers a loss because of the actions of others.
— John Maxwell
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
— Mark Twain
Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.
— Dennis Prager
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay.
— Anonymous
The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord.
— Anonymous
A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.
— Alphonsus Liguori
Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.
— Anais Nin
Viruses were evil incarnate that added to the world's suffering and created useless deaths.
— DiAnn Mills
I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.
— Donald Miller
Pain then, if one could have faith in something greater than himself, might be a path to experiencing a meaning beyond the false gratification of personal comfort.
— Donald Miller
After a tragedy, I think God gives us a period of numbing as a kind of grace. Perhaps he knows our small minds, given so easily to false hope, couldn't handle the full brunt of reality.
— Donald Miller