Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.
Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.
Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.
Memory is sweet. Even when it’s painful, memory is sweet.
I was faced with a choice: to deny my addiction and embrace that 'comfortably numb' but 'magicless' existence, or accept the burden of insight, take the road less travelled, and embark on the often painful journey to discover who I was and where I fit.
I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.
To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.
The idea of going to school to be an art critic is a very crazy idea. I educated myself in public, which is a very painful way to learn - by writing and then discovering that I don't know what the f**k I'm talking about. But you remember the lessons vividly.
It's painful to not be able to fully focus, but it keeps you fresh.
You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.
Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful death in North America.
After being in the creative, hermetic state I have been in, coming out has been painful, but it is getting easier.
Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.
Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar.
I push myself as hard as I can. Sometimes that can be painful and stressful but inthe end it's worth the price. . . I like to play characters that I can draw from in my own life. I've invested so much of my life into my work that I almost don't have any choice.
Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.
Do you know what happened to the last person who took that tone with me? (Xypher) Let me guess…Disembowelment. Probably painful. Definitely slow. (Simone)
There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.