Quotes by Suffering Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong. Tullian Tchividjian strongsufferingtwo This may come as a shock to some of you, but I have a slightly volatile personality. I don’t suffer fools well. Tucker Max personalitysufferingmay We don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering. Tullian Tchividjian sufferinganswersneeds Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control we are. Suffering has a way of sobering us up to the realization that we can't make it on our own, that we need help, that we're broken. Tullian Tchividjian brokensufferingchristian There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need God. Tullian Tchividjian sufferinglittlesneeds ...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering. Tullian Tchividjian dishonestysufferingculture It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced. Twiggy furresponsibilitysuffering We are all both victims and victimizers. Just as everyone suffers, no one is innocent of causing suffering themselves. Tullian Tchividjian innocentvictimsuffering The Gospel frees us to speak honestly about the reality of pain, confident that nothing is riding on our ability to cope with or fend off suffering. Tullian Tchividjian painsufferingreality There's nothing like suffering to reveal how small and needy you are. Pain has the remarkable capacity to reveal the weakness of the things you're leaning on to make life worth living. Tullian Tchividjian weaknesspainsuffering The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust. Tullian Tchividjian truth-isconfusionsuffering The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom. Tullian Tchividjian honestysufferinginspirational We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering. Tullian Tchividjian combatresponsiblesuffering For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be himself for you. Tullian Tchividjian chiefsconcernsuffering The fact is I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three. Ulysses S. Grant threesufferingthinking But I have a conscience and a religious faith, and I know that our liberties were not won without suffering, and may be lost again through our cowardice. I intend to do my duty to my Upton Sinclair religioussufferingcountry It is our very search for perfection outside of ourselves that causes suffering. Unknown buddhistsufferingperfection If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home. Ursula K. Le Guin sufferinghomejoy A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands. Umberto Eco sufferingbookhands If you evade suffering, you also evade the chance of joy. Ursula K. Le Guin chancesufferingjoy«198199200201202203204205206207208»
