Quotes by Suffering If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth. Thomas Aquinas sufferingsheeptwo I'm suffering very much, but am I suffering very well? That's the point! Therese of Lisieux inspirationsufferingfaith Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His sufferings, that can testify for our sins. Christ must pay all, or we are prisoners forever. Thomas Brooks sufferingforeverblood Lars Porsena of Clusium Thomas B. Macaulay ninesufferinghouse The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. Thomas Aquinas saintpowerfulsuffering How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ? Thomas a Kempis adversitysufferingheaven By suffering God's will, we learn to do God's will. Thomas Case gods-willsuffering There is superstition in science quite as much as there is superstition in theology, and it is all the more dangerous because those suffering from it are profoundly convinced that they are freeing themselves from all superstition. Theodore Roosevelt superstitionspoliticssuffering Had not almost every man suffered by the Press, or were not the tyranny thereof become universal, I had not wanted reason for complaint. Thomas Browne sufferingreasonmen There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction. Theodore Roosevelt sorrowrealsuffering Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last. Thomas a Kempis sufferinglovefriendship A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it. Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar thirstenjoysuffering Either the human being must suffer and struggle as the price of a more searching vision, or his gaze must be shallow and without intellectual revelation. Thomas de Quincey intellectualsufferingstruggle Christ was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to complain of anything?. Thomas a Kempis sufferingcomplainingchrist I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer. Terry Pratchett serioussufferingbelieve Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. Thomas Carlyle reformhard-worksuffering All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. Thomas Fuller be-patientsufferingpatience To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own. Thomas Gray painsufferingmen Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love him at all. Then, when she sees him suffering, her remorse sets in, and she does what she can to repair the wrong. Thomas Hardy sufferingmensex You are Joseph the dreamer of dreams, dear Jude. And a tragic Don Quixote. And sometimes you are St. Stephen, who, while they were stoning him, could see Heaven opened. Oh, my poor friend and comrade, you'll suffer yet! Thomas Hardy sufferingdreamheaven«193194195196197198199200201202203»
