Sufferring Quotes & Sayings

That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal sufferring, "No future bliss can make up for it" not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. — C.S. Lewis

So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting. — Sinclair Lewis

God did not make a mistake when He chose you to bear Christ's name at this hinge of history. — David Shibley

If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight? — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail is the best way to make a setting convincing. You can of course invent your own random details, and sometimes I will also mash up real incidents. — Zachary Lazar

Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards you, how even though you've won, you still end up with muddy knees and burns on your hands? Is there a word for that? I wish there was. — Sarah Kay

A poet is someone whose words can grasp & pull the thread of a person's soul & make them unravel with delight. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

There is no point in being overwhelmed by the appalling total of human sufferring; such a total does not exist. Neither poverty nor pain is accumulable. — Jorge Luis Borges

My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you ... — Alexander Pushkin