Quotes about Suffering
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate one another.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
In God's garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit...
— Rick Warren
Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away from God in anger and bitterness or growing closer to Him in trust and confidence.
— Billy Graham
Christians can trust God to redeem even the greatest of tragedies and the most desperate of situations.
— Franklin Graham
If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.
— AW Tozer
You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust has been betrayed and your dignity has been violated.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Don't believe false teaching that says you won't suffer if you really love Jesus. Jesus will end all suffering eventually, but on earth he suffered more than anyone.
— Mark Driscoll
Our pain carves out a larger space for love to fill.
— Khalil Gibran
Any kind of love that lacks the iron of the Cross in it, is anemic love.
— Ann Voskamp
Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms.
— Elisabeth Elliot
I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.
— St. Augustine