“every pleasure's got an edge of pain, pay your ticket and don't complain”

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“Everything is impermanent—every pleasure, every pain, every body. But the survival instincts crave permanence and control. The body wants pleasure to stay forever and pain to go away forever.”

Noah Levine (1971) American Buddhist teacher

“Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy.”

Ringo Starr (1940) British musician, former member of the Beatles

“Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?”

Christopher Paolini book Eldest

“Every pleasure raises the tide of life; every pain lowers the tide of life.”

Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist

“The best miracle is to be sent to paradise without paying a ticket.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.”

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

“Good dreams don't come cheap
You've got to pay for them.”

Harry Chapin (1942–1981) American musician

“I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist