Richard Paul Evans Quotes

Life means progress, and progress means suffering.

The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance.

All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve.

The constant abrasion and decay of our lives makes the soil of our future growth.

A little bit of pain is good for you. I feel alive. Everybody needs struggle. Once you overcome an obstacle, you springboard into the future. Life is interesting and short and it's not supposed to be easy, and if it is, you're probably just in denial and you're existing here like a zombie.

We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.

There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.

The more you get past pain, the more it goes from coal to diamond.

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

It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important progress. The only one who doesn't struggle is the one who doesn't grow. So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign - celebrate your struggle.

Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements.

The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again pick ourselves up, the lightness with which we dust ourselves off, the openness with which we continue and take the next unknown step, beyond our edge, beyond our holding, into the remarkable mystery of being.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

Everyone should change; otherwise, you can't grow as a person in life.

It is tough: sometimes the pain that you feel makes you grow.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.

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

There is no growth without change, and there is no change without loss.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

People naturally tend toward inertia. That's why self improvement is such a struggle. But that's also why adversity lies at the heart of every success. The process of achievement comes through repeated failures and the constant struggle to climb to a higher level.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

You can and you must expect suffering.