100 Pain Quotes To Help You Stay Calm And Hopeful

By Maxime Lagacé

Maxime is the founder and chief editor of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm, powerful, and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.

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Here are 100 of the most inspiring pain quotes I could find. And the goal is simple: To inspire you to stay calm, strong, and hopeful. You’ll discover quotes by Buddha, Lao Tzu, Gandhi, and more. Enjoy!

Sit with the pain until it passes, and you will be calmer for the next one. Naval Ravikant

Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing. Fight Club

Let go of the past. Robert Greene

Adversity is the first path to truth. Lord Byron

Great things never came from comfort zones. Neil Strauss

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. Marquis de Sade

True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends. Adam Braun

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. Sophocles

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. Ovid

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Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. Lao Tzu

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Marcus Aurelius

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. Bob Marley

Every failure is a gift. Every pain is an opportunity. Maxime Lagacé

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The root of all suffering is attachment. Buddha

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning. Haruki Murakami (1Q84)

Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life, which makes them constantly search for distractions and short-circuits the learning process. Robert Greene

Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change. Tony Robbins

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch

People go through so much pain trying to avoid pain. Neil Strauss

Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure. Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is when I struggle that I strengthen. It is when challenged to my core that I learn the depth of who I am. Steve Maraboli

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe. Robert Service

The pain will leave once it has finished teaching you. Bruce Lee

I’ve learned more from pain than I could’ve ever learned from pleasure. Unknown

Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation. Michael Jordan

You can’t run away from trouble. There ain’t no place that far. Uncle Remus

Remember anything you want that’s valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure. Tony Robbins

Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. Mary Tyler Moore

You must go through that short-term pain to reach long-term gains. A meaningful life is about growth, not comfort. Maxime Lagacé

The more you reject the past, the more pain lasts. Maxime Lagacé

The day a man becomes superior to pleasure, he will also be superior to pain. Seneca

The cure for pain is in the pain. Rumi

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure but to avoid pain. Aristotle

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. Kenji Miyazawa

You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future. Joel Osteen

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There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli

Behind every beautiful thing, there’s been some kind of pain. Bob Dylan

Nobody can hurt me without my permission. Mahatma Gandhi

Laugher is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. Charlie Chaplin

The only thing that’s the end of the world is the end of the world. Barack Obama

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar

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Nothing pains some people more than having to think. Martin Luther King Jr

There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength’. No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. Dalai Lama

One thing you can’t hide – is when you’re crippled inside. John Lennon

There are no gains without pains. Benjamin Franklin

Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by if you smile through your pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sun come shining through for you. Charlie Chaplin

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. Andre Gide

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. Charlie Chaplin

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou

Better bread with water than cake with trouble. Russian proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African proverb

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain. Thomas Jefferson

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The cost of failure is learning. Neil Strauss

That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt. John Green

Make friends with pain and you’ll never be alone. Ken Chlouber

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses. Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. C.S. Lewis

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. C.S. Lewis

Along with pain comes satisfaction and with satisfaction comes relief. Maxime Lagacé

Much of your pain is self-chosen. Kahlil Gibran

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish proverb

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain. Robert Gary Lee

Embrace the feeling. Start the healing. Maxime Lagacé

Pain is a great motivator. Naval Ravikant

It’s better to feel pain than nothing at all. Unknown

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. Aristotle

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. Charles Dickens

Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken. Neil Gaiman

Move toward resistance and pain. Robert Greene

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True discovery happens when you embrace the obstacle. Truth is for the patient, the enduring. Maxime Lagacé

Don’t let pain define you, let it refine you. Tim Fargo

Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change. Frida Kahlo

Stay focused on your purpose, not your pain. Ranal Currie

Learn to wait and embrace your pain. Fleeing it will simply bring more confusion. Facing it will bring clarity. Maxime Lagacé

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. Bo Bennett

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive. James Baldwin

Growth in painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. Unknown

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Erma Bombeck

Often it’s the deepest pain which empowers you to grow into your highest self. Unknown

Every flower must grow through dirt. Unknown

Following a path is easy. Creating a new one can be painful but it will lead you to new places. Maxime Lagacé

Problems are the price you pay for progress. Branch Rickey

After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here. Walt Disney

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. Chuck Palahniuk

Sacrifice today for tomorrows betterment, you are willing to pay those payments with pain, because pain is just a message when you are fixing something that’s insufficient in your life. Greg Plitt

Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure. Rumi

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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. Henry David Thoreau

Let’s recap:

Pain is fine. Don’t fight it. Don’t rush it. Let it teach you gently.
Pain is a gift. It gives meaning and ultimately makes you stronger.
The road to inner peace is painful but it’s worth it.
Who are the most successful people? The ones who don’t mind the pain and simply do what needs to be done.
Who are the wisest people? The ones who know that pain is useful.

100 Pain Quotes To Help You Stay Calm And Hopeful

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The Most Famous Pain Quotes

Short Pain Sayings

Inspirational Pain Sayings

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