Contents:
Collection of Quotes on this site
Other Texts of Comfort
Collection of the Quotes on this site:
(in no particular order)
“My experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.” – Dalai Lama
“Pain removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of a rebel soul.” – C.S. Lewis
“It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility.” -Albert Einstein
“No ones saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may.
We ourselves must walk the path.” -Buddha“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa
“Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we all know as disease.” -William Osler
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.” -Ramana Maharshi
“Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!” -Jules Verne
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” -Christopher Reeve
“Tis better to understand than to be understood.” – Saint Francis of Assisi
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” -Nelson Mandela
“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” -Thomas Huxley
“I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider my Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise.” -Rebecca Wells
“Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.” -Mathew 6:34
“As you breath in, cherish yourself. As you breath out, cherish all beings.” -Dalai Lama XIV
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” -Helen Keller
“I am not afraid of storms, for I an learning how to sail my ship.” -Louisa May Alcott
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” -Walter Elliot
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s that I stay with problems longer.” -Albert Einstein
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” -Confucius
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” -Jim Watkins
“Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose.” -Josh Shipp
“Dear Lord, bless those friends of mine who suffer in silence, never wishing to burden others. Give them the strength to keep going. Amen.” -unknown
“Lord, today I ask that you bathe those who live in pain in the river of your healing. Amen.” -unknown
“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved.”
-Amazing Grace, Songwriters: Alfie Boe / Nick Ingman“When you are healthy you expect to have a never-ending supply of “spoons”. But when you have to now plan your day, you need to know exactly how many “spoons” you are starting with. It doesn’t guarantee that you might not lose some along the way, but at least it helps to know where you are starting.” – Christine Miserandino. The Spoon Theory
“I don’t understand why
when I need you most you would leave me.”The Lord replied:
“My precious child, I love you and would
never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints, it was then
that I carried you.” – Footprints in the Sand, by Mary Stevenson“Sometimes it is the Zebra.” -an EDS story
“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.” -Dr Seuss
Other Texts of comfort:
Footprints in the Sand
“One night I had a dream.
I dreamed I was walking along the beach
with the Lord..
Across the sky flashed scenes from my life..
For each scene, I noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand,
one belonging to me, and the other to the Lord..
When the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life
there was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in my life.This really bothered me
and I questioned the Lord about it:
“Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you’d walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why
when I need you most you would leave me.”The Lord replied:
“My precious child, I love you and would
never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints, it was then
that I carried you.” -by Mary StevensonAmazing grace“Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now I’m found.
Was blind but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Then when we first begun.
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I’m found.
Was blind, but now I see.”Songwriters: Alfie Boe / Nick Ingman