#pain

The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it's silly, pointless, and harmful to be upset at the problems and choices that come at you (though it’s understandable). ↗

— Ray Dalio

#pain #problem-solving #strength #stress #inspirational

I'd just killed some of the best riders in the world - and I was clean. I'd taken nothing - no EPO, no cortisone, no testosterone, no painkillers, no caffeine. I had justified to myself that I was a great rider without drugs - yet perversely given myself the green light to dope again. I'd proved what I could do clean - how much more could I do if I was doped? ↗

— David Millar

#drugs #inspirational #pain #self #success

The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#inspirational #joy #memories #memory #pain

She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk ... ↗

— Ann Brashares

#life #life-and-living #old #painful #quiet

Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#pain #world #life

My heart hurts that means I’m alive. ↗

— Kazuya Minekura

#life #pain #life

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. ↗

— Jane Austen

#memory #pain #pleasure #life

Life's pain. You just have to get over as much of it as you can. -Isabel Culpeper ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#linger #pain #life

Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#life #pain #life

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#growing-up #learning #life #pain #life