Satan's strategies to stop the church will ultimately serve to spread the church. And Satan's strategies to inflict earthly pain in your… — David Platt Copy Share Image
As the most generous vine, if it is not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stems, and grows at last weak and… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
There are many who say to the Lord, "I give myself wholly to Thee, without any reserve," but there are few who… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
You know that you yourself are not always in the same state. If you are exact today, closely united to God, and… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Your melancholy. Or depression. Along with nine-tenths of the afflictions I've studied, diagnosed, attempted to treat. Call them whatever you like, but… — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ (Isaiah 48:10, 1 Nephi 20:10). He knows, being omniscient,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
“Simone Weil was absolutely right- beauty and affliction are the only two things that can pierce our hearts. Because this is so… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“having the people you love tell you they love you and mean it . . . it never goes out of style.… — Laurell K Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us… More over, when we have repented, He instantly… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
No friend sympathizes so tenderly with his friend in affliction as does Jesus. In all our afflictions, He afflicted. He feels all… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“[Suffering] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings… — Robert Murray McCheyne Copy Share Image
When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits;… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction.… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
In a world of discouragement, sorrow, and overmuch sin, in times when fear and despair seem to prevail, when humanity is feverish… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism… — Melissa McCarthy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are those to whom a sense of religion has come in storm and tempest; there are those whom it has summoned… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Our personal afflictions involve the living God; the only way in which Satan can persecute or afflict God is through attacking the… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
To find recreation in amusements is not happiness; for this joy springs from alien and extrinsic sources, and is therefore dependent upon… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If the story had been about anyone else, it would been dismissed as laaf, that Afghan tendency to exaggerate ---sadly, almost a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
![“[Suffering] brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.” quote by Robert Murray McCheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7e2/robert-murray-mccheyne-40307_health_suffering-brings-out-graces-that-cannot_2543652.jpg)
![“May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down my face make me more radiant: may my hidden weeping bloom… How we waste our afflictions!... [T]hey're really our wintering foliage, our dark greens of meaning…” quote by Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7c7/rainer-maria-rilke-193_abode_may-i-strike-my-heart-s-keys-clearly-and_52479.jpg)
