A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Justice is peculiarly indispensable to nations . The unjust State is doomed of God to calamity and ruin. This is the teaching… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
“A calamity that makes you turn to Allah(God) is better for you than a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease. — Mencius Copy Share Image
The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than… — Laozi Copy Share Image
And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after. — Jean Ferris Copy Share Image
Overcome the Empyrean; hurl Heaven and Earth out of their places, That in the same calamity Brother and brother, friend and friend,… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Suffering is a privilege. It moves us toward thinking of essential things and shakes us out of complacency. Calamity cracks you open,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that is why desire causes men calamity. By identifying with our desires and taking them too seriously, we not only increase… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The story depicts also the troubled part of the hero's life which precedes and leads up to his death; and an instantaneous… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by… — Tom Dunne Copy Share Image
The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one… — Saadi Copy Share Image
Some people are never content with their lot, let what will happen. Clouds and darkness are over their heads, alike whether it… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I think there's going to be a tug of war in this country over who are the real patriots because at a… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The riches of scholarship, the benignities of literature, defy fortune and outlive calamity. They are beyond the reach of thief or moth… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
These bible people remind me of another calamity similar to this missionary scheme, when our people, or any christian power would go… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
Whenever calamity howlers shake their heads and impress upon you that this, that, and the next dire catastrophe is to befall this… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Life and death in the critical first hours of a calamity typically hinged on the preparedness, resources, and abilities of those in… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
On Max Yasgur’s six hundred acres, everyone dropped their defenses and became a huge extended family. Joining together, getting into the music… — Michael Lang Copy Share Image
All intelligent beings who are crowned with crowns of glory, immortality, and eternal lives must pass through every ordeal appointed for intelligent… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
And the greatest calamity that has happened to the human mind is that he is against death. Being against death means you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
“Calamity has come on you, my brethren, and, my brethren, you deserved it,” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. — Swami Satchidananda Copy Share Image
Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places. — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Copy Share Image
