Affliction Quotes · Page 4

Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften.

— Anonymous

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

— John William Fletcher

“Time, consoler of affliction and softener of anger”

— Charles Dickenskens

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

— Dwight L. Moody

This is my affliction. You were my addiction. Now I am such a fan, catch me if you can.

— Burnham

“Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.”

— Samuel Rutherford

As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst.

— William Jenkyn

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

— Teresa of Avila

Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction

— Philip Sidney

God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity.

— Thomas Watson

“Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.”

— C.S. Lewis

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of…

— Blaise Pascal

The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be…

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.

— Brother Lawrence

Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called…

— Marcus Eremita

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Affliction was a sting, but withal a wing: sorrow shall soon fly away.

— Thomas Watson

Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it.

— Milan Kundera

Affliction is the good man's shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest ray; as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

— Edward Young

Love couldn't be moved by circumstance, poor choices, or even blatant lies-skewed and damaged, yes, but the heart couldn't deny what it…

— Anonymous

The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a…

— Alain de Botton

If the story had been about anyone else, it would been dismissed as laaf, that Afghan tendency to exaggerate ---sadly, almost a…

— Khaled Hosseini

The pediatrician must have thought me one of those neurotic mothers who craved distinction for her child but who in our civilization's…

— Lionel Shriver

A great many people wonder why it was that Christ did not come at once to Martha and Mary, whom He loved,…

— Dwight L. Moody

May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when you need…

— Kelly Lin

“Simone Weil was absolutely right- beauty and affliction are the only two things that can pierce our hearts. Because this is so…

— John Eldredge

Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is this with…

— Isaac of Nineveh

We are on the cusp of the emergence of a company of hidden men and women who with all faith and patience…

— Mark Chironna

Balance and control come from healthy anger. This is just as aggressive as the unhealthy kind. But it is based on a…

— Barbara Deming

There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

“The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin…

— Thomas Paine

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the…

— Victor Hugo

God never gives up on us no matter how hard we try to get ourselves loose. God does not let go. That…

— Barbara Johnson

In the central cases of physical pain, then, it appears that at least part of what is bad about our condition is…

— L. W. Sumner

“The affliction in the flesh of soul is temporal compare to the eternal glory of the spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

If people don't read, that's their choice; a lifelong book habit may itself be some sort of affliction.

— Penelope Lively

Tis emblematic, the rose of youth and health soon fades when watered by the tear of affliction.

— Susanna Rowson

I would bear any affliction rather than be burdened with a guilty conscience.

— Charles Spurgeon

“Genuine faith comes forth from the iron smelter of affliction.”

— Robin Bertram