Painful Quotes

There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home amongst compatriots.

The fact that most of the time human beings put the truth about the nature and risks of the nuclear war out of their minds because it is too painful and therefore not "acceptable", does not alter the nature and risks of such war.

Most whites in America in 1967, including many persons of goodwill, proceed from a premise that equality is a loose expression for improvement. White America is not even psychologically organized to close the gap-essentially it seeks only to make it less painful and less obvious but in most respects to retain it.

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I learn from my mistakes. It's a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there's no gain.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house.

Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.