Painful Quotes - Page 18

• Being tall and big was probably more painful than being black.

  Wendy Williams

  Black, Bigs, Tall

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• Death. It's around more than people realize. Because no one wants to talk about it or hear about it. It's too sad. Too painful. Too hard. The list of reasons is endless.

  Jessica Sorensen

  People, Want, Lists

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• It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Stupidity, Shame

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• If you are ending up where you want to be, what difference does it make whether you went fast or slow? Or what difference does it make whether it was painful before it got really good? Isn't that the point of free will? You get to choose.

  Esther Hicks

  Differences, Doe, Want

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• Memory is sweet. Even when it’s painful, memory is sweet.

  Li-Young Lee

  Sweet, Memories, Painful Memories

  Li-Young Lee, Earl G. Ingersoll (2006). “Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee”, p.17, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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• If there's any way that I can be of service to people who are going through something painful in their lives, even though the witch world is heightened, then that's great.

  Rachel Boston

  People, World, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• A show has to change and evolve. Sometimes the change is painful, but that doesn't mean it's not good or correct.

  Stephen Nathan

  Mean, Sometimes, Evolve

  Source: collider.com

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• Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Loss, Littles, Illusion

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• Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Attitude, Thinking, Ill Will

  Norman Vincent Peale (1975). “Positive Thinking for a Time Like this”

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• When people get in your face and say, 'This will pass,' you think, Are they crazy? I'm never gonna feel any better than I feel right this minute and nothing's ever gonna make sense again... You see a lot of people play this blame game. Blame, blame, blame. You know? And it's a really easy thing to do, and I'm certainly guilty of it. [You have to] look at yourself and go, 'What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?' And that's the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real life knowledge out of it.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Real, Crazy, Responsibility

  Elle Interview, www.elle.com. March 4, 2009.

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• It is our daily duty to consider that in all circumstances of life, pleasurable, painful, or otherwise, the conduct of others, especially of those in the same house; and that, as life is made up, for the most part, not of great occasions, but of small everyday moments, it is the giving to those moments their greatest amount of peace, pleasantness, and security, that contributes most to the sum of human good. Be peaceable. Be cheerful. Be true.

  Leigh Hunt

  Giving, House, Everyday

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• I know that the human condition will be radically changed through technical means. Much of this change will be painful, monstrous and horrible. Most mutations are disgusting failures, most experiments are failures. I accept this and I don't find it frightening.

  Bruce Sterling

  Mean, Mutation, Accepting

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• I never imagined that divorce would be part of my life history or my family's legacy. When people say that divorce can be more painful than death, I understand why. But like any great trial, God uses everything for good, if we allow Him to heal us.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Divorce, People, Legacy

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• Waiting is the most exquisitely painful part of loving someone.

  Denise Chavez

  Loving Someone, Waiting

  Denise Chavez (2002). “Loving Pedro Infante”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Our faith is not meant to get us out of a hard place or change our painful condition. Rather, it is meant to reveal God's faithfulness to us in the midst of our dire situation.

  David Wilkerson

  God's Faithfulness, Midst, Situation

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• Like other magicians, Obama has chosen his distractions well. The insurance industry is currently his favorite distraction as scapegoats, after he has tried to demonize doctors without much success . . . . Obama even gets away with saying things like having a system to 'keep insurance companies honest' - and many people may not see the painful irony in politicians trying to keep other people honest.

  Thomas Sowell

  Doctors, People, Trying

  "Whose Medical Decisions?: Part IV" by Thomas Sowell, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 19, 2009.

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• You lose somebody you've possibly known for years and on top of that you lose a character that you love seeing on TV so I think that kind of makes it cool that we pay a price too. That it is painful on many levels and its amazing to be writing that moment and crossing that line right on the page and seeing the ugliness of it and having to deal with it. It's a very weird thing.

  Scott M. Gimple

  Character, Writing, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• Developing a skill is painful, though. It is difficult. And that's part of the satisfaction. You will only find meaning in what you struggle with. What you struggle to get good at next may not seem the exact right thing for you at first. With time and effort, however, you will discover new possibilities in yourself-an ability to solve problems, for instance, or to communicate, or to create beauty.

  Atul Gawande

  Struggle, Skills, Effort

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• One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.

  John Ortberg

  Loneliness, Support, Empathy

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.214, Harper Collins

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• The secret to responsible trust is acceptance. Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving, knowing that the confinement of the hedge we're in is good and for His glory. Even though what we're enduring may be painful, it's good simply because God Himself has allowed it.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Acceptance, Hands, Knowing

  Charles R. Swindoll (2012). “Perfect Trust”, p.18, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Error is most painful when it is found inside the family.

  Max Anders

  Errors, Found

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• We humans are born egocentric. The sky thunders and children believe that God is mad at them for something they've done - parents divorce and children believe it's their fault for not being good enough. Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth. Still, some people cling to this childish mind-set. As painful as their self-flagellation may be, they'd rather believe their crises are their fault so they can believe they have control. In doing so they make fools and false gods of themselves.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Growing Up, Children, Believe

  Richard Paul Evans (2012). “Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• Most REAL change is slow. Happiness and joy are the purpose of life. If we know that the future will be very dark or painful, then we lose our determination to live. Therefore, life is something based on hope.

  Dalai Lama

  Determination, Real, Dark

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• Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

  John C. Maxwell

  Pain, Discipline, People

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• There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is one of the very first things that we open to as our practice develops.

  Jack Kornfield

  Pain, Meditation Practice, Feelings

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