“Bill collectors and harassing phone calls is enough to motivate some people to become successful. Maybe the pain is not great enough yet for you to act. Are you going to continue to feel sorry for yourself? On the other hand, are you ready to do what you need to do to change your situation?” PeopleNeedsFeelsEnoughHandsMotivationalPainSituationSuccessfulReadyBillsSorryPhonesCollectorsPhone CallsBecoming SuccessfulFeel Sorry For You Author:Jon Jones
“We are human, so we do go through pain and we struggle with things, but it's all about how you respond to a situation. My whole life, I've been responding in a positive way and keeping a positive mind, keeping God first in my heart, in my mind. No matter what wrong I've done, I know who sees the heart.” KnowsWayMindFirstsHumansHeartMatterDoneWholePainSituationStruggleMy HeartNo Matter WhatWhole LifeRespondingGod FirstPositive Mind Author:Adrian Peterson
“The civil rights situation is like a pregnancy. It will get worse, I believe, before it gets better. What the usual pregnancy comes to is a decent baby. That is what we all hope will be the end product of this stress. It is customary, at the end of a pregnancy, to have for your pains a decent baby.” BelieveEndsPainI BelieveSituationRightsProductsBabyRacismStressCivil RightsGet BetterDecentPregnancyUsualIt Gets Better Book:Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks Source: Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
“Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.” WantBelieveReasonPainHurtSituationExperienceAngerShameAngryGuiltUpsetAffectedNegativityHolding OnGlue Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“There is more pain from holding on to the thought of pain than there is in the situation itself. If you let the world strike you, it will do so less cruelly than your own imagination.” IfsWorldPainImaginationSituationStrikesHolding On Author:Lester Levenson
“In life we all go through different situations that cause you to reflect. I had the opportunity to be married to a wonderful person. And for some reason two good people couldn't make a good thing work. But in life, the one thing that I love about being an artist is that you can sometimes use the pain that you go through to make beautiful things.” PeoplePersonsTwoDifferentSometimesReasonUsePainBeautifulArtistOpportunityCausesSituationWonderfulOne ThingMarriedGood ThingsGood PeopleBeautiful ThingsBeing MarriedBeing An ArtistWonderful Person Author:Ruben Studdard
“Pain is a holy angel who shows us treasures that would otherwise remain forever hidden; through him men and women have become greater than through all the joys of the world. It must be so and I tell myself this in my present situation over and over again. The pain of suffering and of longing, which can often be felt even physically, must be there, and we cannot and need not talk it away. But it needs to be overcome every time, and thus there is an even holier angel than the one of pain; that is, the one of joy in God.” MenWorldNeedsShowsPainJoySufferingFeltSituationForeverGreaterHolyMen And WomenAngelOvercomingLongingTreasureOften IsPresent Situation Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“I have tremendous empathy for people who are faced with any kind of a chronic problem. Sometimes when we're in this situation, it's as though our mind has us believe that if we ruminate about the pain we'll find a way out.” PeopleIfsWayMindBelieveKindSometimesProblemPainSituationEmpathy Author:Cheryl Richardson
“If you have a lawyer, sometimes you can get out of trouble. I've gotten into a lot of trouble because I didn't have a lawyer. I've also had some bad lawyers, too. But the good ones, the ones I liked, they became me. They became whatever situation I was involved in. When I felt pain, so did they. When I succeeded, so did they. They became me. They became whatever the situation was that they became involved with.” IfsSometimesPainFeltSituationTroubleInvolvedLawyer Author:Mike Tyson
“As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it.” HumansSometimesCharacterPainTermQualitySituationComedySpecialChangedDramaAdultsPainfulDeeperExtremesActressesCruzPainful Situations Author:Pedro Almodovar
“I've come to realize that when people are not reaching their highest potential or whatever goals they set out for themselves, they're more inclined when they're going through pain. When they're going through a negative situation. They're more inclined to hear me than when they're doing well.” PeopleWellsPainGoalRealizingSituationHighestNegativeReaching Author:Eric Thomas
“I firmly believe that usually, the person who hurt you doesn't realize what they've done or how much it hurt you. So, continue to pray for the person or situation that caused your pain and anger. Ask God to give you understanding about why they did what they did.” GivingBelievePersonsDonePainAsksUnderstandingRealizingHurtSituationPrayingIt Hurts Author:Joyce Meyer
“The past situation has just occurred and the future situation has not yet manifested itself so there is a gap between the two. This is basically the bardo (life between life) experience. [This is the place where your life is reviewed - where you get another chance to let life teach you and end the cycle of pain. -EM]” TwoEndsPainPastLife IsChanceSituationTeachKarmaEmsCyclesGapsLife ExperienceAnother ChanceLife Teaches Author:Chogyam Trungpa