Sayings about Suffering
He, who stands by his point of view, must be ready to suffer hunger. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Who suffers from love, feels no pain. ~ Italian Proverbs
What matter if I suffer, if only my neighbor suffers too. ~ Swedish Proverbs
God does not love those who have not suffered. ~ Croatian Proverbs
When a king makes a mistake, all the people suffer. ~ Chinese Proverb
He, who cannot suffer discomfort, will not be called for important things. ~ Chinese Proverb
When the head does not work, the legs suffer. ~ Romanian Proverbs
If you want your children to enjoy a quiet life let them suffer a little hunger and a little cold. ~ Chinese Proverb
When you are rich you suffer in a more comfortable way. ~ French Proverb
Hard heads suffer much. ~ Albanian Proverbs
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
The main thing is that we can smile at our duties — yes even at our suffering. ~ Chinese Proverb
We must learn from life how to suffer it. ~ French Proverb
He, who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~ Traditional Proverb
Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books. ~ Japanese Proverbs
You have to suffer a lot or die young. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
Think late, suffer soon. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Suffering
You will suffer and you will have hurt. You will have joy and you will have peace. ~ Alison Cheek
Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes. ~ Lawson Purdy
To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn’t prepared to suffer during adversities, I don’t really see how he can be successful. ~ Gary Player
To try and fail is at least to learn. To fail to try is to suffer the loss of what might have been. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Surfing is the most blissful experience you can have on this planet, a taste of heaven. ~ John McCarthy
About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it. ~ Henry Wheeler Shaw
We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable. ~ Source Unknown
Better to suffer than to die. ~ Jean De La Fontaine
It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades. ~ Susan Sontag
People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change — then you will change. ~ Source Unknown
You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. ~ John Ciardi
Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity. ~ Mother Teresa
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering. ~ Oscar Wilde
Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. ~ Patrick Swayze
Wisdom comes alone through suffering. ~ Aeschylus
Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. ~ Gloria Steinem
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. ~ Ryszard Kapuscinski
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his acts are right, he’ll get good consequences; if they’re not, he’ll suffer for it. ~ Harry Browne
When a good man is hurt all who would be called good must suffer with him. ~ Euripides
We are one; after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other. ~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. ~ Heinrich Suso
So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world. ~ Isadora Duncan
You never suffer from a money problem; you always suffer from an idea problem. ~ Robert H. Schuller
We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full. ~ Marcel Proust
Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. ~ John Florio
Thank God for a few free waves. ~ Miki Dora
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday. ~ Gotthold Lessing