Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Oh! poverty is a weary thing, 'tis full of grief and pain; it keepeth down the soul of man, as with an iron chain.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

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.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.