Quotes on Painful Times

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Being a good steward of your pain. . . . It involves being alive to your life. It involves taking the risk of being open, of reaching out, of keeping in touch with the pain as well as the joy of what happens because at no time more than at a painful time do we live out of the depths of who we are instead of out of the shallows.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.