Top 100 Growth Pain Quotes

#1. Suffering is primarily a
call for attention, which itself is a movement of love. More than
happiness, love wants growth, the widening and deepening of awareness and consciousness and being. Whatever prevents that, becomes a cause of pain, and love does not shirk from pain.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#2. We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.

H.G.Wells

#3. Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather the learned sympathy towards the pain of others.

Juan Gabriel Vasquez

#4. Every challenge is an opportunity for spiritual growth.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#5. Man does work for profit in order to enjoy pain; but in a positive sense, he works to enjoy the excitement and meaning that achievement provides for his own psychological growth and thereby his happiness.

Frederick Herzberg

#6. Growth hurts because change isn't easy, that's why they call it growing pains

Tony Gaskins

#7. Never be bitter, become better. A testimony is pain that has been reassigned

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#8. Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation.

Scott Jurek

#9. Pain is inevitable. It is actually a great opportunity for growth, but when we blame or fail to take responsibility for our suffering, the pain becomes stagnant, and stagnant pain can have a compounding effect if left unchecked.

Romany Malco

#10. I felt the pain and the glory of growth, was straining and shuddering with it.

Nnedi Okorafor

#11. A moment of crisis can be a moment of growth, as the wounded self prepares to transform. From the chrysalis of my pain, I will forge my healing - the wings of my newborn self.

Marianne Williamson

#12. Letting go of anger is the best way to find peace of mind, a healthier pain-free body, and an indomitable spirit.

Charles F. Glassman

#13. Beyond the pain, anger and unforgiveness, there is only one thing; love. This is where the magic happens

Renae A. Sauter

#14. Pause and remember - You alone are responsible for taking an interest in your own growth. Understanding your deepest fears and pain is what will move you forward. If you can do this, you will be rewarded with not only a deeper connection with yourself, but also with others.

Jennifer Young

#15. Because of pain you feel more and so you live more.

Bryant McGill

#16. Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

Dan B. Allender

#17. A life I didn't choose chose me.

Wally Lamb

#18. Lies can make harsh truths less painful. But I believe pain is essential for growth.

Morgan Rhodes

#19. A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.

Criss Jami

#20. As we begin to transform, illness and pain can also be seen as a "messenger" for spiritual growth. What does this illness mean? What can I learn from this? Why is the occurring in my life

Teresa DeCicco

#21. Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.

Henry Cloud

#22. I am so often the architect of my own pain and the engineer of my own failures.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#23. Cherish the beauty and cherish the pain, both will give you experience and you will never be the same

Nikki Rowe

#24. The truth hurts, only when it can heal.

Rob Liano

#25. Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats

#26. There is no growth without pain. No life without suffering.

Cynthia Eden

#27. But if a person hasn't ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding what joy really is. I'm grateful for it.

Banana Yoshimoto

#28. True pain teaches us to grow. You aren't finished yet. Dylan needs you.

Rebecca Salas

#29. There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.

Rick Warren

#30. There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.

Rick Warren

#31. Allow your pain to cleanse you and burn away what needs to die.

Bryant McGill

#32. You cannot operate from a place of love when you are emotionally unstable.

Kemi Sogunle

#33. When you pick a flower, you become so besotted in its beauty; you dare not judge how it became that way, let it be the same lesson for humans; Spread your light, not your pain.

Nikki Rowe

#34. You told me once that too much good in a person's life will stunt their growth. You said pain is necessary, because in order for a person to succeed, they must first learn to conquer adversity. And that's what you do ... you deliver adversity where you see fit.

Colleen Hoover

#35. Our trials and our times of pain get the most recognition, but 'Straight Outta Compton' speaks to triumph. When it's doubtful, when nobody is on your side, when your back is against the wall, you triumph and make it through. Showing growth through movies promotes growth.

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

#36. One of the essential requirements for
true spiritual growth and deep personal
transformation is coming to peace with
pain.

Michael Singer

#37. It is through our pain that we emerge.

Bryant McGill

#38. How we choose to deal with pain is ultimately the measure of who we are and of the success we have in closing our gaps.

Hyrum W. Smith

#39. If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.

Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#40. There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable.

R.A. Salvatore

#41. I am a phoenix rising from the ashes of my pain and suffering. Today I am reborn, today begins my growth and change.

Kaitlin D.S. Cammie

#42. Move towards your dreams inch by inch or suffer the pain of regret.

Matthew Donnelly

#43. Life is a procession of painful lessons, and how precious those lessons are; so precious that we rejoice in the bitter-sweet gift of life.

Bryant McGill

#44. Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.

Anthony De Mello

#45. The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.

Nicole

#46. Broken hearts show us we've grown out of one stage, by ripping us wide open for the next.
We're forced to choose what we do with all that pain: turn it against ourselves, aim it at someone else, or tap all that power and reach higher.

Edward Fahey

#47. out of hardship and pain comes growth and strength.

Tyler May

#48. Sometimes I wish I could feel more pain
so I could touch that much more beauty.

Edward Fahey

#49. There is a silent beauty hidden amongst pain, if you sit in it you may never find it; if you grow through it, You'll find the treasure.

Nikki Rowe

#50. To heal, you have to give yourself to the pain. You cannot avoid facing yourself your whole life.

Bryant McGill

#51. Loss is an invitation to a journey of unparalleled growth, yet we seldom RSVP the invitation.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#52. Scars prove that you're still here. That you can move on. Maybe missing a chunk of yourself, but here, goddamn it, surviving.

Ash Parsons

#53. We are taught to view pain as an enemy, not a teacher. But pain is the right hand of growth and transformation. Pain is in the history of all human wisdom.

Ani DiFranco

#54. If you did not live lovingly and love deeply, you would not feel the pain of separation. But neither would you feel the joy, passion, and happiness that living fully and loving deeply bring.

Susan Barbara Apollon

#55. There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.

Fred Rogers

#56. I learnt my best lessons from some of the worst people & I look back now and think thank fuck I let you go, I deserved to grow.

Nikki Rowe

#57. Pain in the body is a clear indication,
Something in the energy fields are blocking inner growth.

Nikki Rowe

#58. Pain is as expansive as life itself. Pain grows with us and in us as a cultivation of life's unfolding.

Bryant McGill

#59. The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

Richard Paul Evans

#60. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgment, and shame.

Brene Brown

#61. Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

Marianne Williamson

#62. In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.

Abraham H. Maslow

#63. The only end to your pain is through fully consuming it and digesting it, otherwise it will consume you.

Bryant McGill

#64. Loss pushes us to difficult places where we have not been before. We often question whether or not we have the courage and stamina to survive the pain. However, we often are given gifts that tell us that we are not alone and that we can withstand the journey.

Susan Barbara Apollon

#65. Self discovery is the most empowering time of your life, you remember who you are and you become the best version of yourself but what they forget to tell you is, to get to a point of pleasure you must face the pain.

Nikki Rowe

#66. God designed love to be massive enough to live in pain and subdue pain's attributes for phenomenal growth.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#67. Children are mirrors; they will always show you exactly what is going on inside of you. Each phase of their growth is an opportunity to heal your own pain, to go deeper inside yourself and become more truly human

Vimala McClure

#68. If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.

Irvin D. Yalom

#69. EACH DAY OF HUMAN life contains joy and anger, pain and pleasure, darkness and light, growth and decay. Each moment is etched with nature's grand design-do not try to deny or oppose the cosmic order of things.

Morihei Ueshiba

#70. I love the moments i lost a little faith, spirit would always remind me; it was just a bad day.

Nikki Rowe

#71. There is that moment in time where you have to realize you have to let go of the rope...

K. Farrell St. Germain

#72. One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.

Criss Jami

#73. My heart broke and my mind opened, tragedy works in a funny way like that ~ what once tore me apart was actually what was setting my truth free.

Nikki Rowe

#74. Ancient days of sorrow
ancient days of pain
-
heartaches of the past
slowly began to wane ...
(from gleaning granules)

Muse

#75. And in that hour,
The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd
To such gigantic and enormous growth,
Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil.
Hence date the persecution and the pain
That man inflicts on all inferior kinds,
Regardless of their plaints.

William Cowper

#76. Pain is the touchstone of all growth

Bill W.

#77. We have all suffered losses and pain, but no loss is greater than a life lost holding-on to a painful past.

Bryant McGill

#78. From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom.

T.F. Hodge

#79. Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#80. When you are avoiding your pain you are really only avoiding your growth.

Bryant McGill

#81. Pain and adversity are powerful vehicles to promote personal growth. Nothing helps you learn, grow, and evolve more quickly. Nothing offers you as big an opportunity to reclaim more of your authentic power as a person.

Richard Bach

#82. Your pain was always a part of a plan to open your heart to love.

Bryant McGill

#83. When you truly face your pain you will only see yourself. Your fear was always you.

Bryant McGill

#84. I don't think pain is a prerequisite for growth, but on the other hand, most of us choose very painful ways to learn.

Marianne Williamson

#85. Pain is nothing but growth waiting for us to give it permission to grow us up.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#86. If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain - in time you will move through your pain.

Bryant McGill

#87. We are each responsible for our own emotional well being.

Alaric Hutchinson

#88. Our tears prepare the ground for our future growth. Without this creative moistening, we may remain barren. We must allow the bolt of pain to strike us. Remember, this is useful pain; lightning illuminates.

Julia Cameron

#89. Differentiating from parental introjects and psychological defences based on the emotional pain of childhood is essential not only for neurotic or seriously disturbed individuals; it is a central developmental issue in every person's life.

Lisa Firestone

#90. Painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.

Bryant McGill

#91. Don't run from your pain - run into your pain.

Bryant McGill

#92. The hate people hold on to for so long is what keeps them from feeling the pain they're most afraid of. deal with it. grow.

Darnell Lamont Walker

#93. The truth might hurt but lies hurt even more.

Rob Liano

#94. Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.

James Dillehay

#95. Pain is often the precursor to personal growth. Don't dread it. Instead, embrace it.

Robin S. Sharma

#96. The only way through pain ... is to absorb, probe, understand exactly what it is and what it means. To close the door on pain is to miss the chance for growth.

May Sarton

#97. Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

Bryant McGill

#98. To disentangle the good and the bad parts of failure, we have to recognize both the reality of the pain and the benefit of the resulting growth. Left

Ed Catmull

#99. Our wounds are the only thing humbling enough to break our attachment to our false self.

Richard Rohr

#100. The world of time, of space and condition, pleasure and pain, birth, growth, maturation, decay and death, spinning, spinning, spinning this world, always spinning.

Frederick Lenz

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