20 Motivational Quotes for Pushing Through Pain

Pain, whether physical, mental, or both can be one of the most excruciating experiences that occur in life. Studies have shown that chronic pain negatively affects a persons' mood, reduces the amount of sleep they get, weakens the ability to remember and concentrate, and hurts personal and professional relationships. At times, it can feel like an uphill battle that only gets steeper as time goes.

We've compiled these quotes on pain to help you battle whatever pain you're handling. Don't let the pain win, conquer it and know you're not alone and you'll come out stronger than before. 


Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. - Mary Tyler Moore

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.     

Mary Tyler Moore

Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, and the most gripping stories. Billy Graham

Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, and the most gripping stories.

Billy Graham

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. Kenji Miyazawa

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Kenji Miyazawa

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Helen Keller

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. Ovid

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Ovid 

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. Carl Jung

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Carl Jung

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Mary Tyler Moore

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Mary Tyler Moore

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. Lord Byron

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Lord Byron

Pain is weakness leaving the body. Chesty Puller

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Chesty Puller

Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on. Jeff Ross

Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on.

Jeff Ross

Pain makes me think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. John Patrick

Pain makes me think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

John Patrick

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain. Steve Prefontaine

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.

Steve Prefontaine

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory. Ted Engstrom

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Ted Engstrom

I think that any time of great pain is a time of transformation, a fertile time to plant new seeds. Debbie Ford

I think that any time of great pain is a time of transformation, a fertile time to plant new seeds.

Debbie Ford

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. Michelangelo

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Michelangelo

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other. Laurence Sterne

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Laurence Sterne

When the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that. Eliud Kipchoge

When the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.

Eliud Kipchoge

I learned early on that extraordinary challenges lead to extraordinary victories. Victoria Allen

I learned early on that extraordinary challenges lead to extraordinary victories.

Victoria Arlen

There's beauty in pain, and everyone experiences it - and it's a lesson. Wynter Gordon

There's beauty in pain, and everyone experiences it - and it's a lesson.

Wynter Gordon

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Brandon Landgraf

About the Author

Brandon Landgraf is the Digital Marketing Manager for Carex Health Brands. He finds passion and fulfillment in creating content that enhances, improves, and enlivens others' quality of life. All of his written work is formulated to not only offer essential advice and tips but back it with proven studies and experts. His mission is to connect with readers and provide steps to make their lives better.


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About TENS 7000

Pain sucks. It affects millions of people each year with adverse physical and mental side effects. TENS 7000 provides tools to combat pain and let people live life on their terms, pain-free. Our TENS 7000 TENS Unit is one of the top-rated over-the-counter TENS units, having sold over two million since 2008. Stop letting aches and pain hold you back — live life on your terms.

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