Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes

Without dark clouds in our lives, we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.

Joy came always after pain.

Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise.

Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.

When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

Nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you in half and keep on going until you get to the other side.

The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.

You, sleeping on your bed of nails. Weeping an ocean beyond the pale. Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill. You're suffering from overkill... Choose whether to laugh or to cry. Menace and promise mingle in your eye. Wait, it's only a matter of time. You know everything will be fine... Rain falls down and the seas run high. When you're by my side we can rise above it. Let me dry all the tears inside. On your way you cannot hide from the howling wind and the roaring tide. You might get hurt but your fears will subside when you at last escape from the tears inside.

It’s as easy as we choose to make it,” he murmured, pressing his forehead to mine. “At least, this decision is. Nothing’s truly easy, Georgina. Love and life . . . they’re wonderful, but they’re hard. We may mess up again. We have to be strong and decide if we can still go forward, even when things aren’t perfect.

To win ones joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.

I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.

Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into joy. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into joy!

And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit. Remember that.

Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.