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Quotes About Suffering

Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord.
~ John Newton
Faith is like pure eyes that enable us to see a pure and perfect world beyond the suffering world of samsara.
~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery... Will there also be faith?
~ D. A. Carson
Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!
~ Pope Francis
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.
~ Walter Kaufmann
I'm suffering very much, but am I suffering very well? That's the point!
~ Therese of Lisieux
Christ did not come to straighten out the natural, but to "CROSS" it out.
~ L. E. Maxwell
Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it.
~ Timothy Keller
The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind.
~ William Wordsworth
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
~ John Ortberg
Behind my smile is a hurting heart. Behind my laugh, I'm falling apart. Behind my smile, is tears at night.
~ Unknown
I wish you could see what you mean to me. All the tears that fell from my face. All the nights I stayed awake. All the scars I have. Everything you did broke me in every way. Why can't you see what you've done to me...?
~ Unknown
For Sale: One heart. Horrible condition. Will take anything for it. Please. Just cut it out on my chest and end the suffering.
~ Unknown
Behind every fake smile is a broken heart
~ Unknown
I may pretend that I'm okay, I may put a smile on, I may tell everyone I'm over you and that I don't want you or miss you. But the truth is on the inside I'm dying, my smile is fake, I'm still in love with you and forever will be, I want you more than you could ever imagine, and I miss so much!
~ Unknown
Behind my smile is a broken heart, behind my laughs I'm falling apart, look at me closely and you will see, this girl I am isn't really me.
~ Unknown
I was chocking. I was broken. Through all of this, love was the enemy. It was the end of me.
~ Unknown
She can paint a lovely picture, but the story has a twist. Her paintbrush is a razor, her canvas is her wrist.
~ Unknown
I'm done pretending I'm happy. I'm done laughing when all I want to do is cry. I'm done pretending I'm not hurting. I'm broken.
~ Unknown
You cannot always hide the pain in the laugh you fake.
~ Unknown
She hurts and she crys but you can't see the anxiety in her eyes because she just smiles.
~ Unknown
Deep in my heart, I'm suffering, knowing that I've lost you. On the outside, I'm living, pretending that I've forgotten you.
~ Unknown