Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
This [2016] election was lost because a total of 70,000 people - out of 120-130 million votes - in the Rust belt,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“No matter what happens, disaster piled on calamity, NO MATTER WHAT, everything will be OK in the long run.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in… — Pericles Copy Share Image
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
In spite of calamity, He still has a plan for me, And it’s working for my good, And it’s building my testimony... — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
When thoughts arise, as soon as you sense them heading on the road of desire, bring them right back onto the road… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Scientists are also unnerved by the summer's implications for the future...proof that human activities are propelling a slide toward climate calamity...humans may… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
The trick at every turn was to endure the test of living for as long as possible. The odds of survival were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Cookie had taken her daughter amber to school then walked the thirty-something feet to work earlier. Our business was on the second… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity the heat of his own fire hath sadness… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blinding credulous… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Now, children, watch closely. Hold your breath. Listen. And I will show you the components of calamity.” — Jay Kristoff Copy Share Image
What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
We all know by theory that there is no permanent happiness in this life: But the weight of the precept is not… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them;… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There is a big lesson in experiencing uncertainty and calamity with a sober focus - the most chaotic moments are the ones… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
“Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don't care… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We're an amazingly adaptive and resilient species. Once we put our mind to global warming, I have no doubt we'll figure a… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Consider that the trials and troubles, the calamities and miseries, the crosses and losses that you meet with in this world, are… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I was a huge 'Deadwood' fan because I'm a huge David Milch fan, so I've always wanted to play something like Calamity… — Emily Rose Copy Share Image
I would say the damage here is much more [than the tsunami], the magnitude of the calamity here is much more — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Surmounted difficulties not only teach, but… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
Purity is an illusion. The idea of purity has been used as an excuse for calamities like honor killings, bride burnings, child… — Alice Glass Copy Share Image
The calamity of war, wherever, whenever and upon whomever it descends, is a tragedy for the whole of humanity. — Raisa Gorbacheva Copy Share Image
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to… — Jonah Copy Share Image
Some writers maintain arithmetic to be only the only sure guide in political economy; for my part, I see so many detestable… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
It is my opinion that the Christian conception of God current in these middle years of the twentieth century is so decadent… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“The pre-history of our species is hag-ridden with episodes of nightmarish ignorance and calamity, for which religion used to identify, not just… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The critical nature of 'choices' -- [the] timing will prove to be an asset or liability; it will reward wisdom or expose… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offence.… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
We only have one dog now. Calamity Jane had to be put down. She was very old, and her medicine no longer… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image