Affliction Quotes

353 quotes by 250 authors

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. — Abu Bakr
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. — James A. Baldwin
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction. — Richard Cecil
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted. — Victor Hugo
What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when you need to, without further… — Kelly Lin
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress… — John Climacus
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I… — Tryon Edwards
In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. — John Bunyan
When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you,… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. — John Donne
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails… — Joseph Addison
Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction. — Saadi
The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger. — Dalai Lama
Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and… — Anne Bradstreet
The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who… — Brother Lawrence
Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls. — Charles Spurgeon
The furnace of affliction is a good place for you, Christian; it benefits you; it helps you to become more like Christ, and it is… — Charles Spurgeon

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