"The word comfort is from two Latin words……" — Amy Carmichael
"The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning “with” and “strong” – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love."
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98 Quotes by Amy Carmichael
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If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what…
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When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back…
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We say, then, to anyone who is under trial, give Him time to steep the soul in His eternal truth.…
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If I do not give a friend "The benefit of the doubt," but put the worst construction instead of the…
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We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.
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God bless you and utterly satisfy your heart...with Himself.
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If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God…
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If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptier. My house on earth, what rich rewards. That…
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Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to…
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Thank God, He does not measure grace out in teaspoons.
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The night I sailed for China, March 3, 1893, my life, on the human side, was broken, and it never…
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The saddest thing one meets is a nominal Christian. I had not seen it in Japan where missions is younger.…
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
— Aristotle
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When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
— Isaac Asimov
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
— Jane Austen
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
— Teresa of Avila
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
— Francis Bacon
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day…
— Joseph Addison
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I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and…
— Adele
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Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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