Quotes about Knowing Pain

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain. Votes: 3

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is. Votes: 1

I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things. Votes: 1

One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying. Votes: 1

It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am. Votes: 1

I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing. Votes: 1

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell. Votes: 1

When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible pain, and I could not know how to help her. And my mother died in front of my eyes, without knowing why, which diagnosis. So I decided to be a doctor. Votes: 1

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.' Votes: 1

The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real. Votes: 1

Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person. Votes: 0

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared. Votes: 0

There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them. Votes: 0

Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side Votes: 0

The way we are educated and entertained keep us from knowing about or understanding the pain of others. Votes: 0

The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done. Votes: 0

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday. Votes: 0

Her shut-eyed smile transformed itself into something else: the smile of someone brave and knowing, someone whose pain had made her wise. Votes: 0

Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And in honesty. Votes: 0

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain. Votes: 0

Skilled workers historically have been ambivalent toward automation, knowing that the bodies it would augment or replace were theoccasion for both their pain and their power. Votes: 0

How does the moon feel as it sees the ocean lap at your shores? The eternal pain of knowing you are there but forever out of reach... Votes: 0

I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters. Votes: 0