Paulo Coelho Quotes

During the Tour you get tired, you get exhausted, you're in pain and you can get sick for a few days but still have to ride through it.

I have a high tolerance for pain.

There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently

A human being can stand any amount of pain.

And must I then, indeed, Pain, live with you all through my life?-sharing my fire, my bed, Sharing-oh, worst of all things!-the same head?- And, when I feed myself, feeding you too?

Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!

I've certainly experienced physical pain in my life.

It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped out one by one, from sheer exhaustion. No murmur of complaint, however, would be heard.

If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.

I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.

I can take more pain than anyone.

Pain is weakness leaving the body,

I broke my back, I broke my ankle. I didn't cry then.

I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of the very worms, will bear his own share with more courage and submission.

And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

There are those who suffer and grow strong; there are those who suffer and grow weak. This mystery of pain is still for me the saddest of earth's disabilities.

As long as one suffers one lives.

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

Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

I think emotional and mental pain is probably worse than physical pain. I think we don't realize that I have no arms or legs but we all have disabilities of some sort, some fear, some lost, some wishes that didn't come true, things we wish would be better.

I'm suffering very much, but am I suffering very well? That's the point!

You feel your strength in the experience of pain.