Sit with the pain until it passes, and you will be calmer for the next one. Naval Ravikant
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing. Fight Club
Let go of the past. Robert Greene
Adversity is the first path to truth. Lord Byron
Great things never came from comfort zones. Neil Strauss
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller
It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. Marquis de Sade
True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends. Adam Braun
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. Sophocles
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. Ovid
Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. Lao Tzu
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Marcus Aurelius
You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. Bob Marley
Every pain is a gift. Every pain is an opportunity. Maxime Lagacé
The Best Pain Quotes
The root of all suffering is attachment. Buddha
What hurts us is what heals us. Paulo Coelho
I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning. Haruki Murakami (1Q84)
Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change. Tony Robbins
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran
People go through so much pain trying to avoid pain. Neil Strauss
Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life, which makes them constantly search for distractions and short-circuits the learning process. Robert Greene
Most of the gains in life come from suffering in the short term, so you can get paid in the long term. Naval Ravikant
Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch
It is when I struggle that I strengthen. It is when challenged to my core that I learn the depth of who I am. Steve Maraboli
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C.S. Lewis
Humility, after the first shock, is a cheerful virtue. C.S. Lewis
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe. Robert Service
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine
The pain will leave once it has finished teaching you. Unknown
I’ve learned more from pain than I could’ve ever learned from pleasure. Unknown
Remember anything you want that’s valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure. Tony Robbins
Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation. Michael Jordan
Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. Mary Tyler Moore
You must go through that short-term pain to reach long-term gains. A meaningful life is about growth, not comfort. Maxime Lagacé
We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. John Updike
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure but to avoid pain. Aristotle
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. Kenji Miyazawa
You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future. Joel Osteen
Part 2. Pain Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Pain Quotes (Buddha, John Lennon, Maya Angelou, etc.)
There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli
Behind every beautiful thing, there’s been some kind of pain. Bob Dylan
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Buddha
If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill
Nobody can hurt me without my permission. Mahatma Gandhi
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. Jim Rohn
Laugher is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. Charlie Chaplin
The only thing that’s the end of the world is the end of the world. Barack Obama
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Ludwig Jacobowski
Nothing pains some people more than having to think. Martin Luther King Jr
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. William Shakespeare
There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength’. No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. Dalai Lama
One thing you can’t hide – is when you’re crippled inside. John Lennon
Life is pain, so live it up while you can. Ernest Hemingway
There are no gains without pains. Benjamin Franklin
Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by if you smile through your pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sun come shining through for you. Charlie Chaplin
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. Theodore Roosevelt
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. Charlie Chaplin
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley
Better bread with water than cake with trouble. Russian proverb
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African proverb
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. Thomas Jefferson
More famous quotes
Short Pain Quotes
One-liners, short pain quotes, sayings, thoughts and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, backgrounds.
The cost of failure is learning. Neil Strauss
It hurts because it matters. John Green
That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt. John Green
Our strength grows out of our weaknesses. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. C.S. Lewis
Much of your pain is self-chosen. Kahlil Gibran
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish proverb
The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal. C.S. Lewis
Embrace the feeling. Start the healing. Maxime Lagacé
Pain is a great motivator. Naval Ravikant
It’s better to feel pain than nothing at all. Unknown
Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise. Chinese proverb
Strange how we decorate pain. Margaret Atwood
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. Aristotle
To hurt is as human as to breathe. J.K. Rowling
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Cesare Pavese
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. Charles Dickens
Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken. Neil Gaiman
Move toward resistance and pain. Robert Greene
It is when we hurt that we learn. Steve Maraboli
More short quotes
Inspirational And Motivational Pain Quotes
True discovery happens when you embrace the obstacle. Truth is for the patient, the enduring. Maxime Lagacé
Don’t let pain define you, let it refine you. Tim Fargo
Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change. Frida Kahlo
Stay focused on your purpose, not your pain. Ranal Currie
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. Bo Bennett
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself. Walter Anderson
First, having the larger goal will lift your mind out of the moment and help you endure the hard work and drudgery. Second, as you become better at this task or craft, it becomes increasingly pleasurable. Robert Greene
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive. James Baldwin
No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back. Unknown
Growth in painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. Unknown
Often it’s the deepest pain which empowers you to grow into your highest self. Unknown
Stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will”. Unknown
Every flower must grow through dirt. Unknown
The more you’re hurt, the more you’ll change. Unknown
Problems are the price you pay for progress. Branch Rickey
After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here. Walt Disney
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. Iain Thomas
It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. Chuck Palahniuk
Sacrifice today for tomorrows betterment, you are willing to pay those payments with pain, because pain is just a message when you are fixing something that’s insufficient in your life. Greg Plitt
I don’t believe there is pleasure in life. I believe there is only relief of pain… We have to suffer to be on top. Georges St-Pierre
Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure. Rumi
Some days, we’re just looking for a soft place to land. Dr. SunWolf
Funny Pain Quotes (Some Are Surprising)
You can’t run away from trouble. There ain’t no place that far. Uncle Remus
Bad is never good until worse happens. Danish proverb
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
It’s not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line. Ashleigh Brilliant
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote
There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you. Woody Hayes
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. William Goldman
I fell off my pink cloud with a thud. Elizabeth Taylor
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Deep Pain Quotes (Some Are Emotional, Dark And Sad)
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. Andre Gide
Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain. Bruce Lee
We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain. Charles Bukowski
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. Charles Bukowski
You have to die a few times before you can really live. Charles Bukowski
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. C.S. Lewis
Along with pain comes satisfaction and with satisfaction comes relief. Maxime Lagacé
Are you facing or avoiding your pain? Are you caring for your emotions or are you making yourself busy? Learn to wait and embrace your suffering. Fleeing it will simply bring more confusion. Facing it will bring clarity. Maxime Lagacé
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. Norman Cousins
The prettiest smile hides the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears. And the kindest hearts have felt the most pain. Unknown
When the clouds get too heavy, it rains. When your pain gets too bad, you cry. Unknown
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. Dante Alighieri
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. Dr. Seuss
The cure for pain is in the pain. Rumi
Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain. Jim Morrison
I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives; we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn’t go so well. Henry Rollins
Sooner or later, you will need to make friends with disappointment. Dr. SunWolf
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom. Edgar Allan Poe
Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word. George R.R (Game of Thrones)
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them. John Aughey
Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Garth Brooks
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer
Neurosis is the natural by-product of pain avoidance. Carl Jung
Life didn’t promise to be wonderful. Teddy Pendergrass
More deep quotes, sad quotes
Wise Pain Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)
Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain. Robert Gary Lee
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. Thomas Paine
If experience is the mother of wisdom, pain is the father. Thibaut
We can learn and change in a state of pain and suffering, or we can evolve in a state of joy and inspiration. Joe Dispenza
When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness. Kahlil Gibran
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Following a path is easy. Creating a new one is tough but it will lead you to new places. Maxime Lagacé
Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain, because life’s greatest lessons are learnt through pain. Nagato
Handling our suffering is an art. If we know how to suffer, we suffer much less, and we’re no longer afraid of being overwhelmed by the suffering inside. Thich Nhat Hanh
Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it. Michael J. Fox
When it hurts – observe. Life is trying to teach you something. Anita Krizzan
Trying to build a life where you never experience bad feelings is like building a ship that can’t handle a storm. Neil Strauss
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Sarah Frances Brown
Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself. C.S. Lewis
The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. Eckhart Tolle
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Erma Bombeck
The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow. Unknown
Pain can change you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom. Unknown
There are two types of pain in this world: pain that hurts you, and pain that changes you. Unknown
Every negative situation contains the possibility for something positive, an opportunity. It is how you look at it that matters. Robert Greene
Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain. Eckhart Tolle
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. Carl Jung
Pain introduces you to your highest self. Paul Domenick
Where the wound has been given, there must the cure be found, if anywhere. Jane Austen
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. Alan Watts
More wisdom quotes
Part 3. Pain Quotes About…
Quotes About Emotional Pain, Mental Pain, Fear
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. Publilius Syrus
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it. Charlie Chaplin
I can’t stress this enough, but pain is part of the process. It’s important to feel it. Mark Manson
The happiest have the shortest memory. The more peaceful let go and let be. The more you live in the past, the more you make your suffering last. Maxime Lagacé (Learn to meditate, go walk in nature, practice a sport every day. Make your health your #1 priority in life.)
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken”. C.S. Lewis
Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go. Roy T. Bennett
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. George Jean Nathan
The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. Unknown
If we took emotional health as seriously as a society as we take learning arithmetic and reading, we would have a much smaller problem. Neil Strauss
My fear delivered one of the great lessons of my life: That someone without fear can’t push himself. He can’t get better. He can’t transform negatives in to positives. He can’t open his world to creativity and invention, or even progress. Georges St-Pierre
The pain and boredom we experience in the initial stage of learning a skill toughens our minds. Robert Greene
Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live. Robert Greene
A good portion of the things you want in life is outside your comfort zone. Idowu Koyenikan
Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, “What else could this mean? Shannon L. Alder
Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose. Billie Holiday
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. Rabindranath Tagore
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard M. Baruch
Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. William James
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds. Norman Vincent Peale
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. Michel de Montaigne
God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with. Henry Ward Beecher
Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
More humility quotes
Quotes About Chronic Pain
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. Friedrich Nietzsche
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Theodore Roosevelt
In the depth of winter, I learned that within me lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus
Chronic pain or other challenges are invitations; gifts that challenge us to learn how to manage the mind. Cheryl Richardson
Chronic pain can be very lonely. It can have a shame-based quality. Jennifer Grey
Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes. George Orwell (1984)
You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other and you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way. Elizabeth Taylor
If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain, in time you will move through your pain. Bryant McGill
Somewhere inside that hurting body, there is something better, something stronger, something real. R. M. Drake
Don’t try to understand everything, because sometimes it isn’t meant to be understood, but to be accepted. Unknown
You don’t know pain until you’re staring at yourself in the mirror with tears streaming down your face and you’re begging yourself to just hold on and be strong. Unknown
The pain will not go away by getting angry or bitter. It will go away when you learn to accept life’s challenges with grace and ease. Leon Brown
Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires — disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way. Bernie S. Siegel
Something very beautiful happens to people when their world falls apart. A humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Marianne Wilson
God gave us pain to remind us we are alive, so we will learn to value the joys and beauty of the world. Tom Corr
You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering. Ernest Hemingway
It is not what happens to us in life that defines us. It is what we do with it that defines us. Tom Seaman
Quotes About Physical Pain, Exercise, Gym
Your comfort zone is your danger zone. Greg Plitt
Pain is weakness leaving the body. Chesty Puller
Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life. Jerzy Gregorek
Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn. Georges St-Pierre
The clearer your vision, the less you’ll be affected by your short-term. Maxime Lagacé
The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force. John C. Maxwell
No pain. No gain. Shut up and train. Unknown
Endure the pain. Enjoy the gain. Unknown
Have the guts to go beyond the pain. Unknown
Sore. The most satisfying pain. Unknown
Don’t quit. You’re already in pain. You’re already hurt. Get a reward from it. Unknown
It never gets easier, you just get better. Unknown
Train insane or remain the same. Unknown
If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results. Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you can go through the pain period, you make it to be a champion. If you can’t go through it, forget it. And that’s what most people lack: having the guts – the guts to go in and just say… “I don’t care what happens”. Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better. Angela Duckworth
Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour or a day, or even a year. But eventually, it will subside. And something else take its place. Eric Thomas
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Discipline is rarely enjoyable, but almost always profitable. Darrin Patrick
Success at anything will always come down to this: Focus and effort, and we control both. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
It’s not who’s the best – it’s who can take the most pain. Steve Prefontaine
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington
Quotes About Overcoming Pain, Smiling Through The Pain
We acquire the strength we have overcome. Ralph Waldo Emerson
At the end of pain is success. Eric Thomas
The trick to healing from suffering, I think, is deciding that the pain was worth it. Aella
The true greats will always overcome adversity. Conor McGregor
Eccedentesiast (.n). Someone who hides pain behind a smile.
Discomfort is the positive sign you are trying new things. By trying new things, you are growing. By growing, you next pain will be diminished. Maxime Lagacé
Without suffering and doubts, the mind will come to rest on cliches and stay there, until the spirit dies as well. Robert Greene
Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful. John C. Maxwell
Face your fears, endure its pain and they will be re-written in the form of pride and dreams. Greg Plitt
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore, trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility. Kahlil Gibran
The things that we’re the most resistant to are usually what we need. And the things we’re most scared to let go of are typically the ones we most need to relinquish. Neil Strauss
The best way to neutralize our natural impatience is to cultivate a kind of pleasure in pain — like an athlete, you come to enjoy rigorous practice, pushing past your limits, and resisting the easy way out. Robert Greene
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity. Yoko Ono
Smiling is the best way to face any problem, to crush every fear and to hide every pain. Unknown
Adversity introduces a man to himself. Unknown
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you. Tony Robbins
In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn. Octavia Butler
When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. Jane Austen
Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that. Jeb Dickerson
If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long. Hayley Williams
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. David Richo
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. Horace
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? John Keats
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. Denis Waitley
Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. Robin Sharma
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
It doesn’t hurt to feel sad from time to time. Willie Nelson
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Part 4. Conclusion
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. Henry David Thoreau
