Affliction Quote by Anne Bradstreet

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction,…

— Anne Bradstreet

As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all…

— Thomas a Kempis

God is an iron... and that's a hot one.

— Spider Robinson

And thus we rust Life's iron chain Degraded and alone: And some men curse, and some men weep, And some men make no moan:…

— Oscar Wilde

The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's own stamp.

— Pierre Bayle

You cannot make steel until you have made the iron white-hot in fire. It is not meant for harm. Trouble and disease have a…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

For now indeed is the race of iron; and men never cease from labour and sorrow by day and from perishing by night.

— Hesiod

The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is…

— Jonathan Edwards

The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of Gods own stamp.

— Robert Boyle

One of the ultimate ironies of eternity is that the adversary, who is miserable precisely because he has no physical body, invites and entices…

— David A. Bednar

It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the…

— Charles Hodge

What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.

— W. Somerset Maugham