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Suffering Quotes

Carrying pain, finding meaning.

One quote here describes a personal tribute - tattoos worn in memory of people suffering from hunger around the world - grounding the topic in something concrete rather than abstract. Related themes continue in Life.

Egypt was the first democracy in the Middle East. Women were unveiled in the 1920s. Egypt is a country of civilization, of culture. It shouldn't be suffering.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

Quotes by Aeschylus

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

Quotes by Aeschylus

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Quotes by Aeschylus

God Quotes

My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could...

Quotes by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

Quotes by Adam Schiff

Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity is based on an opposite premise - that there are causes worth suffering and dying...

Quotes by Adam Michnik

We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the...

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

I don't look at myself as suffering.

Quotes by A. J. Langer

Life Quotes

When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world.

Quotes by Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.

Quotes by Yusuf Hamied

I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.

Quotes by Yulia Tymoshenko

Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred.

Quotes by Yitzhak Shamir

The truth is I was suffering from bipolar disorder. It went on for 18 months, during which I changed four doctors, the medication wasn't working on me, and crazy things were happening.

Quotes by Yo Yo Honey Singh

Love Quotes

Employers tend to forget that the people who are working for them are also suffering. They also have problems. They also are facing issues.

Quotes by Yalitza Aparicio

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

Quotes by Woody Allen

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

Quotes by Willie Nelson

I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government.

Quotes by William H. Wharton

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

Quotes by William Butler Yeats

Me Quotes

Because we don't see the evil destroyed now and thus experience the suffering that evil inevitably inflicts, we are tempted to doubt God's existence and goodness.

Quotes by William A. Dembski

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about tattoos honoring people suffering from hunger?
Yes, one quote reads, "When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world."
Is there a quote about turning suffering into something meaningful?
Yes, one quote reads, "To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic."
Is there a quote about a great artist turning pain to advantage?
Yes, one quote reads, "The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepens his understanding and sensibility, in growing through his pains."
Is there a quote about redeeming suffering by giving it purpose?
Yes, one quote reads, "Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it."
Where can I find more quotes about life's struggles?
See the Life or More collections.

Other entries take a more philosophical view, treating suffering as raw material for growth and understanding rather than something to simply endure. See Love or God for related perspectives.