Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

For God's love, take things patiently, have sense, Think! We are prisoners and shall always be. Fortune has given us this adversity, Some wicked planetary dispensation, Some Saturn's trick or evil constellation Has given us this, and Heaven, though we had sworn The contrary, so stood when we were born. We must endure it, that's the long and short.

Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God.

Faith means that a man should regard any disaster simply as a fate-determined blow which must be endured.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you.

Life is a rotten lottery. I've had a pretty amazing life, a good life, and God knows I'm thankful, but I do believe that after 30, stop whining! Everybody's dealt a hand, and it's not fair what you get. But you've got to deal with it.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life

I had a very rough and tumultuous childhood. I often wish that I had the opportunity to make my own choices in life and choose my own path. But at the same time, I realize that things happen the way they're supposed to.

Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.

Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.

Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

We may be masters of our every lot By bearing it.

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

Death did not play favorites—He loved all equally. What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure . The god's voice—not quite words, just a thread of meaning laid in my receptive mind—

There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost. Whatever griefs mortals suffer by divine chance, whatever destiny you have, endure it and do not complain. But it is right to improve it as much as you can, and remember this: Fate does not give very many of these griefs to good people.

The readiest way to escape from our sufferings is, to be willing they should endure as long as God pleases.