“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”
"Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.”

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

Cecelia Ahern book Thanks for the Memories

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”
Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

Ovid (-43–17 BC) Roman poet

“Which is the greater wrong? To hurt the unforgiving one, or hurt the one who has forgiven all?”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

“Suffering is transcended by total surrender
And the mind attains to nirvana.
As one day all must be given up,
Why not dedicate it now to universal happiness?”

Šantidéva (685–763) 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar

“Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.”
Natura beatis,<br/>omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.

Claudian (370–404) Roman Latin poet

“This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.”

Stephen R. Donaldson The Wounded Land

“The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“One day you’ll wake up and find that the pain’s still there but it doesn’t hurt quite so much.”

Sarra Manning (1950) British writer

“We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.”

Garrison Keillor (1942) American radio host and writer