Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching,… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Doing nothing about climate change is still a fairly common affliction, even in this day and age. What to do with those… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
Show me a population that is deeply religious and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, ...… — Hubert Harrison Copy Share Image
I find afflictions to be good for me. I have always found them so. Afflictions are happy means in the hands of… — Joseph Williams Copy Share Image
Prosperity's the very bond of love, Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When we hit a nail with a hammer, the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
...in the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
When you sailors see the haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
With silence only as their benediction, God's angels come Where in the shadow of a great affliction, The soul sits dumb! — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender… — John Newton Copy Share Image
I would bear any affliction rather than be burdened with a guilty conscience. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It would much conduce to the settlement of your heart, to consider that by fretting and discontent you do yourself more injury… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. — John Bevere Copy Share Image
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Affliction was a sting, but withal a wing: sorrow shall soon fly away. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
Labour to grow better under all your afflictions, lest your afflictions grow worse, lest God mingle them with more darkness, bitterness and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. "No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
