The soul's joys are greater than the heart's pleasures.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.

It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.

To appreciate pleasure some had to experience pain; to appreciate joy some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love some had to experience heartache; and to experience freedom some had to experience fear.

Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime.

Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.

Pain in the wilderness is an investment in pleasure in the Promised Land.

Love affords you these three things: smiles, hugs, and kisses. Joy affords you these three things: pleasure, laughter, and good memories.