But penance need not be paid in suffering… It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.

—Barbara Hall

More quotations from Barbara Hall

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.

—Barbara Hall

Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.

—Barbara Hall

Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.

—Barbara Hall

Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.

—Barbara Hall

That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself.

—Barbara Hall

More quotations tagged with “suffering”

To perceive is to suffer.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

—Albert Schweitzer

fear suffering consideration

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

empathy love suffering

Without meaning to belittle the wonders of science, I do not think they can absolve mankind of suffering, desire, madness, and death.

—Lewis H. Lapham

science death suffering desire madness

Consider how much more often you suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

—Marcus Antonius

grief suffering anger

History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

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But penance need not be paid in suffering...It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.