106+ Profound Pain Quotes

Deep pain quotes can help you stay calm and hopefully celebrate your strength and power. Hope these powerful quotes will remind you just how strong and powerful you are despite the pain you’ve faced.

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Emotional Pain Quotes

You can’t go through life allowing pain to dictate how you behave. It’s easy to sit here in your bedroom and wallow in your hurt feelings. It’s hard to rise above it. Adam Braverman

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Buddhist Proverb

Time is not a cure for chronic pain, but it can be crucial for improvement. It takes time to change, to recover, and to make progress. Dr. Mel Pohl

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. Lao Tzu

The marks humans leave are too often scars. John Green

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

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. Aeschylus

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. Kevyn Aucoin

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell

Pain is fine. Don’t fight it. Don’t rush it. Let it teach you gently.

No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength – if we have the virtue of resilience. Eric Greitens

Life is a mysterious mix of beautiful, challenging, and painful experiences. No one can predict how it will unfold and we don’t always understand why it unfolds the way it does. Akirah Robinson

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

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

deep pain quotes

Sometimes I think I shouldn’t feel the way I do. When I start thinking this way I tell myself that feelings are neither good nor bad they simply are. In the midst of intense negative feelings, whether fear, anger, depression, etc, it can feel as though they will last forever, like they will never end. It promotes emotional balance to maintain an awareness that all feelings are temporary, and that they always change.

Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe

The root of all suffering is attachment. Buddha

Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it. Michael J. Fox

What hurts us is what heals us. Paulo Coelho

I don’t believe in pain management anymore, I believe in trying to cure persistent pain. Dr. Moskowitz

Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, understand it, and accept it.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning. Haruki Murakami

When pain brings you down, don’t be silly, don’t close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sunshine. Alanis Morissette

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

The longer you have pain, the better your spinal cord gets at producing danger messages to the brain, even if there is no danger in the tissue. Dr. Lorimer Moseley

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

There is a point to changes like these. I have to move on to other things, to other conceptions of myself. I play golf. I still work. And I can be pretty happy just walking the land. Morgan Freeman

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

pain quotes about life

Healing severe or chronic pain, I believe, includes transforming our relationship to the pain, and, ultimately, it is about transforming our relationship to who we are and to life. Sarah Anne Shockley

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

I thought I was going to die but I’ve gone from where I can’t function, where ‘I just can’t live like this to I’ve got a bad headache.George Clooney

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

At the right time, deep hurt quotes can change things because beautiful words matter.

Quotes About Pain to Help You Get Through It

Chronic pain is not all about the body, and it’s not all about the brain it’s everything. Target everything. Take back your life. Sean Mackey

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

Pain is always accompanied by emotion and meaning so that each pain is unique to the individual. The word pain is used to group together a class of combined sensory emotional events. The class contains many different types of pain, each of which is a personal, unique experience for the person who suffers. Patrick Wall

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

There is an element and a very strong piece of me that believes pain is a microphone. My pain does me no good unless I transform it into something that is good I hope that people watching it that do struggle with chronic pain know that they are not alone I want people that watch it that think there’s no way I live that way because they see me dance and sing, to know I struggle with things like them and that I work through it and that it can be done. Lady Gaga

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine

I’m not an early bird or a night owl, I’m a permanently exhausted pigeon.

The pain will leave once it has finished teaching you

Don’t fight your pain; you can’t win. The paradox of recovery is that you have to surrender to win. Accepting what you cannot change makes the difference.

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

The body does not give up on us, so we can’t give up on it. My goal is always to work with my body, not against it so that it can function efficiently I also try to remember that there have been pain free days which means that this difficult time will be over and give way to a better time That’s where gratitude is so important. Writing gratitude lists to remember all the wonderful things I’ve experienced has also been really helpful for me. Paula Abdul

wise pain quotes

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

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami

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

I’m not looking for sympathy or anyone to care about it. This is my life and I’ve moved forward. It doesn’t stop me from being anywhere I want to be. Frankie Muniz

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

Since chronic pain frequently cannot be seen or measured, unlike acute pain, doctors, colleagues, friends, or family may question or doubt your pain. In effect, it doesn’t matter if anyone believes you, but it is extremely important for you to acknowledge that all pain is real.

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

It’s not about getting over things, it’s about making room for them. It’s about painting the picture with contrast. Brianna Wiest

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

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It’s been a long recovery You can’t mourn for how you used to feel You have to come to terms with it. George Clooney

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

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. John Updike

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

I will always have pain. But I exercise as much as I can, and I find that makes a huge difference. And if my body does seize up, I have a pain plan in place. I go back to my doctor. Jennifer Grey

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

Laughter truly is medicine. Though this won’t fix everything, finding ways to smile and laugh more will change your body’s chemistry in many positive ways. This is not just a distraction It is an effective way to find some respite from your pain. It’s okay to have fun when you’re in pain. Smiling and laughing may be difficult, but it’s both okay and possible. Keep trying! Dr. Neil Pearson

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

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger

There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli

I’ve had it for so many years that rebellion of not taking care of myself can’t exist anymore. Gina Rodriguez

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

short pain quotes

For those who are chronically ill and in chronic pain Have you had the experience of doctors not listening to you? If so, how do you not tear their heads off with your bare hands? Sarah Hyland

If you’re going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill

I have lost the ability to read, write, or even watch TV, because I can’t process information or any stimulation for that matter. It feels like someone came in and confiscated my brain and tied my hands behind my back to just watch and see life go by without me participating in it. Yolanda Hadid

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Powerful Pain Quotes

Nobody can hurt me without my permission. Mahatma Gandhi

You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit. Paulo Coelho

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

Endometriosis is not life threatening. I know I’m lucky in the grand health scheme, but I also know that I am one of many women who grasp for a sense of consistent well being, fight against the betrayals of their bodies, and who are often met with skepticism by doctors trained to view painful periods as a lot of women who should learn to grin and bear it. Lena Dunham

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

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it; you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That’s how I have done it. There’s no other way. Elizabeth Taylor

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Ludwig Jacobowski

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It starts with brain fog; for a while I couldn’t put sentences together. I’m really tired a lot. A few weeks ago I had a big campaign shoot that I had to reschedule. It’s hard, but I push through, because at the end of the day, if you’re not working, somebody else is. Bella Hadid

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

The fatigue is hard to explain unless you have it. Some mornings I feel really sick, like when you don’t get a lot of sleep or you have the flu or cold. I always have some level of tiredness. And the more I tried to push through it, the tougher it got. Venus Williams

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

The journey of recovery from chronic disease is a long and winding road of small victories. Yolanda Hadid

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

I can easily forget that I’m in control of my life and return to feeling like a victim of my chronic pain. I may start asking myself again why this has happened to me, what I did to deserve this, etc. However, one of the gifts of pain recovery has been freedom from victim thinking. This comes about overtime, but it does come.

Maybe I wasn’t necessarily really good at knowing what that meant so it actually got to a point where it was life or-death. Selena Gomez

When I was diagnosed, my doctor said, I don’t want you to think you can’t do anything that you don’t want to do in this life. MS is part of me, but it’s not who I am. Jamie Lynn Sigler

Life is pain, so live it up while you can. Ernest Hemingway

I had no idea what was going on and I didn’t have any way of solving it. Very recently I was diagnosed with PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormone imbalance. And finally, I knew why this was happening to me. Sasha Pieterse

There are no gains without pains. Benjamin Franklin

Tough times never last, but tough people do. Robert H. Schuller

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’s about taking it seriously first and foremost and getting real and being diligent about what you need to do to manage the disease. It takes time and it takes a plan but once you have a plan in order it’s about making healthier choices, getting active, and staying diligent on the program your doctors put you on. Anthony Anderson

meaningful pain quotes

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

Even to this day, I don’t subscribe like, Lupus doesn’t have me. Some doctor said this. But I’m going to do everything I can do to maintain my physical, mental, and spiritual health. Nick Cannon

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

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway

I’ve always thought that if you work really hard at something, you can get it. But I was faced with the reality that this just wasn’t happening. Especially given my celiac disease, my body tends to shut down when I’m under stress, like when I’m training for a marathon or when I was starving in Australia. So I decided to be kinder to my body. Elisabeth Hasselbeck

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

Diabetes is a disease I was diagnosed with when I was 13. It was a moment in my life when I was just getting ready to start making music with my brothers and touring, and it was something I thought would slow me down before I even got started. Nick Jonas

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

I’m not a Vitiligo Sufferer. I’m not a Vitiligo model. I am Winnie. I am a model. And I happen to have Vitiligo. Stop putting these titles on me or anyone else. I am not suffering! If anything I’m succeeding at showing people that their differences don’t make them who they are! Winnie Harlow

The cost of failure is learning. Neil Strauss

The emotional side of MS is the toughest part. Depression is one of the most common symptoms that people with MS share There are times it just comes out of nowhere and really kicks me in the ass. Jack Osbourne

It hurts because it matters. John Green