Pain Quotes

Peace will not be built by people with bitterness in their hearts

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
a candle in the darkness

Neither my husband nor I brought on this war. It was brought on by many things beyond the control of any individual. We hope with all our hearts that the citizens of the world will learn from past mistakes and that together we may build…

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
hatching

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less …

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Never be ashamed to cry. It has nothing to do with your manhood.

Sunday, June 21st, 2009
sunset outlook

…late into the night in Iraq, after he had completed dangerous and often deadly missions, your dad returned hungry and exhausted to the relative calm of his room and wrote to you before he slept. His grammar was not perfect and…

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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
cloud

I’ve survived cancer again, and again, and again, and again. I’ve won four Tour titles, and I wouldn’t mind a record-tying five. That would be some good living.

But the fact is that I wouldn’t have…

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