Quotes About Pain

"Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other." Laurence Sterne
"The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body." Syrus
"All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice." Joseph De Maistre
"Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute." Mark Twain
"Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge." Simone Weil
"If you suffer, thank God! - it is a sure sign that you are alive." Elbert Hubbard
"It is not a question of God allowing or not allowing things to happen. It is part of living. Some things we do to ourselves, other things we do to each other. Our Father knows about every bird which falls to the ground, but He does not always prevent it from falling. What are we to learn from this? That our response to what happens is more important than what happens. Here is a mystery: one man's experience drives him to curse God, while another man's identical experience drives him to bless God. Your response to what happens is more important than what happens." Chip Brogden
"Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it." Emmet Fox