“I feel stronger, but physically I feel like I'm falling apart. Every day I get a new pain or ache and think, 'Oh, that will be a hip replacement in a couple of years'.” ThinkingFeelsYearsPainFallCoupleStrongerHipsAcheFalling ApartReplacements Author:Yasmin Le Bon
“Greater is he who suffers through the pain and comes through the other side improved. Greater is he who accepts discouragement and keeps forward momentum, never retreating. Greater is he who sees the light at the end of the tunnel and keeps their eye on the light. Greater is he who gets knocked off his feet and gets back up, dusts himself off and gets back in the fight. Life is tough, but you are stronger.” EndsLightMotivationalEyePainLife IsSufferingFightingSidesAcceptingGreaterFeetToughStrongerDustGet BackMomentumTunnelsDiscouragementLight At The End Of The TunnelEnd Of The TunnelLife Is ToughForward Momentum Author:Rich Barnes
“Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.” PainBattleStronger Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“We continue to love in spite of the pain, tears & heartbreak. Perhaps the pain makes us stronger, the tear makes us braver & the heartbreak makes us wiser.” HeartPainTearsStrongerSpiteWiser Author:Jeanette
“Every one of us knows how painful it is to be called by malicious names, to have his character undermined by false insinuations, to be overreached in a bargain, to be neglected by those who rise in life, to be thrust on one side by those who have stronger wills and stouter hearts. Every one knows, also, the pleasure of receiving a kind look, a warm greeting, a hand held out to help in distress, a difficulty solved, a higher hope revealed for this world or the next. By that pain and by that pleasure let us judge what we should do to others.” KnowsWorldShouldLooksHeartKindCharacterHelpingHandsPainNextNamesSidesPleasureKindnessKnow HowThis WorldJudgingHigherDifficultyStrongerPainfulWarmReceivingDistressNeglectedThrustBargainsGreetingsMalicious Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“You are not obligated to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find a way to conquer the odds, to be stronger or transform yourself into some better version of yourself. The pain you are feeling (whatever the degree) may be a reminder that things are not as they should be.” WayShouldMayFeelingsPainDegreesStrongerVersionsConquerOddsRemindersBootstraps Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.” IfsPainPassionStrongGrowsDoubtStrongerBuddhistYearningThirstDetrimentalDefilement Author:Gautama Buddha