Tagged: suffering
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” -Seneca
“All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” -Helen Keller
“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore
“I know that in everybody’s life must come days of depression and discouragement when all things in life seem to lose savor. The sunniest day has its clouds; but one must not forget the sun is there all the time.” -L.M. Montgomery, Emily’s Quest
“Those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths and the natures which enjoy most keenly are those with also suffer most sharply.” -L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
“My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering. As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways that I could respond to my situation: either to react with bitterness or to transform the suffering into a creative force.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
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