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Pain Quotes

"Pain is never permanent."

"Pain is never permanent."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

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"Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore."

"Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Pain, Heart, Emotion, Suffering

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"Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again."

"Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again."

Bret Harte, American Author

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"All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain."

"All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Pain, Pleasure, Prevention, Promotion

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"Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain."

"Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain."

Malcolm Lowry, English Poet

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"Failure is information encased in a shell of pain."

"Failure is information encased in a shell of pain."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Pain, Failure, Truth, Regret, Inspirational

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"I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water."

"I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water."

Amy Tan, American Novelist

Pain, Water, Years

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"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."

"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

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"Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away."

"Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away."

Derek Jarman, British Director

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"He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse."

"He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse."

Robinson Jeffers, American Poet

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"As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain."

"As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain."

Dan O'Brien, American Athlete

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"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

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"The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state."

"The pain was considerable, but trivial compared with my mental state."

Harold Lloyd, American Actor

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"Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions."

"Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions."

Pierre Charron, French Philosopher

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"So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar."

"So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar."

Matthew Henry, English Clergyman

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"The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

"The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

Thomas Macaulay, English Poet

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"Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain."

"Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Pain, Pleasure, Shadow, Tragedy

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"Thankfully, the nature of pain reminds us of what the ease of pleasure foolishly allows us to forget."

"Thankfully, the nature of pain reminds us of what the ease of pleasure foolishly allows us to forget."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Pain, Truth, Regret, Happiness

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"I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand."

"I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand."

Anne Ford, American Author

Pain, Trying, World

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"Accepting our pain is a way to say we treasure the sacred gift of life - run to your pain."

"Accepting our pain is a way to say we treasure the sacred gift of life - run to your pain."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Pain, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational, Wisdom

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"If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?"

"If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?"

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Pain, Emotion, Life, Truth

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"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."

"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out."

"Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out."

Ken Norton, American Athlete

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"For a sensation to be felt as pain is for it to be pain."

"For a sensation to be felt as pain is for it to be pain."

Saul Kripke, American Philosopher

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"I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it."

"I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it."

Arthur Golden, American Writer

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"Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one."

"Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Pain, Love, Gratitude, Emotion

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"Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain."

"Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain."

Link Wray, American Musician

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"That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt."

"That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt."

John Green, American Author

Pain, Feeling, Truth, Life

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"Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain."

"Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain."

Hugh Prather, American Author

5

"Remorse is the pain of sin."

"Remorse is the pain of sin."

Theodore Parker, American Theologian

Pain, Remorse, Sin

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"As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises."

"As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises."

David Wilkerson, American Clergyman

Pain, Promises, Tests, Trials

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"If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?"

"If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?"

Samuel Johnson, English Author

5

"The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain."

"The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

5

"The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain."

"The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain."

Marina Warner, British Writer

Pain, Pleasure, Vocabulary

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"I am disgrac'd impeach'd and baffled here - Pierc'd to the soul with slander's venom'd spear."

"I am disgrac'd impeach'd and baffled here - Pierc'd to the soul with slander's venom'd spear."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Pain, Truth, Wisdom, Life

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"Whenever you hurt someone, you bring torment into your own life."

"Whenever you hurt someone, you bring torment into your own life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Pain, Hurt, Torment, Life

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"From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain."

"From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Pain, Life, Survival, Purpose

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"Sometimes the pain is a startling breach that hobbles your entire soul, dreadful losses that rupture your perceived reality. Pain so visceral and unrelenting that even death itself can begin to look like a welcomed and kind benefactor."

"Sometimes the pain is a startling breach that hobbles your entire soul, dreadful losses that rupture your perceived reality. Pain so visceral and unrelenting that even death itself can begin to look like a welcomed and kind benefactor."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Pain, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign."

"Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

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"There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is."

"There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is."

Bill Bradley, American Politician

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"We conform to pain until we don't notice it anymore, it's what you call - numb - and it tragically blots out our pleasure too."

"We conform to pain until we don't notice it anymore, it's what you call - numb - and it tragically blots out our pleasure too."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Pain, Truth, Regret, Happiness, Wisdom

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"When we can't let go of the past, painful moments accumulate in us; metastasizing in our consciousness like an emotional cancer."

"When we can't let go of the past, painful moments accumulate in us; metastasizing in our consciousness like an emotional cancer."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Pain, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"She'd felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes."

"She'd felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Pain, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"Pain is as expansive as life itself. Pain grows with us and in us as a cultivation of life's unfolding."

"Pain is as expansive as life itself. Pain grows with us and in us as a cultivation of life's unfolding."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Pain, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made."

"I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Pain, Truth, Decision, Wisdom

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"April and May were painful, lonely months for me because I couldn't talk to you. I never knew that spring could be so painful and lonely. Better to have three Februaries than a spring like this."

"April and May were painful, lonely months for me because I couldn't talk to you. I never knew that spring could be so painful and lonely. Better to have three Februaries than a spring like this."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Pain, Loneliness, Spring, Emotion

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"As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident."

"As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident."

Peter Greene, American Actor

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"The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain."

"The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes."

"All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Pain, Grace, Beauty, Grief

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"The only end to your pain is through fully consuming it and digesting it, otherwise it will consume you."

"The only end to your pain is through fully consuming it and digesting it, otherwise it will consume you."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Pain, Truth, Life, Healing

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