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Suffer Quotes

What looks like one thing is often another underneath.

A recurring idea here questions our own explanations for hardship, suggesting what feels like suffering from other people's ingratitude is really closer to wounded self-love. It's a gentle nudge toward more honest self-reflection.

When you want to win, you are doomed to suffer conflicts.

Quotes by Dani Alves

No one should be left to suffer alone.

Quotes by Daisaku Ikeda

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.

Quotes by Charles Spurgeon

One morning, in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer.

Quotes by Byron Katie

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

Quotes by Brooke Foss Westcott

To have a body is to suffer.

Quotes by Bodhidharma

You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.

Quotes by Billy Graham

I suffer from a genetic flaw, which is that my mother was a hopeless Pollyanna.

Quotes by Bill Ayers

Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.

Quotes by Bianca Jagger

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

Quotes by Barry Humphries

Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of...

Quotes by Barbara Jordan

Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.

Quotes by Ban Ki-moon

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Quotes by Anthony Daniels

I'm rather a practical person. I just get on and focus on what I have to do. I just don't get sleepless or suffer from the jitters.

Quotes by Anna Maxwell Martin

I suffer from anxiety attacks a lot.

Quotes by Amanda Seyfried

You need to suffer to be interesting.

Quotes by Alyson Hannigan

Mothers suffer in the workplace. That fact is by now so painfully familiar it even has a name: the motherhood penalty.

Quotes by Alissa Quart

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Suffer quotes page about?
It's about pain and perspective, from mistaking wounded self-love for other people's ingratitude to quietly living with mild depression.
Why do two quotes here sound so similar?
Both reflect the same classic insight from slightly different angles: what we call suffering from others' ingratitude is often really self-love hurt.
Does this collection address mental health directly?
Yes, one line names living with mild depression plainly and without drama, treating it as an honest, ongoing part of someone's experience.
Is there a quote about understanding someone else's pain?
Yes, one entry states simply that pain isn't truly understood until it's personally experienced.
Where can I find more quotes about getting through hard times?
See our Life quotes for more on resilience and perspective.

Others speak plainly about carrying a mild, ongoing struggle with mood, or the simple truth that pain is only understood by someone who has actually lived through it. For more on getting through hard seasons, see our Life quotes.