Affliction Quotes

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Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it. — Milan Kundera
We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction… — Rahul Gandhi
Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and… — Brian Clough
May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down my… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse… — Thomas a Kempis
In the mouth of Society are many diseased teeth, decayed to the bones of the jaws. But Society makes no effort to have them extracted… — Khalil Gibran
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Prosperity's the very bond of love, Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters. — William Shakespeare
God measures out affliction to our need. — Saint John Chrysostom
Affliction is but the shadow of God's wing. — George MacDonald
In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy. — Boethius
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by it… — John Donne
It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of… — Dalai Lama
There is healing in the bitter cup. — Robert Southey
Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never. — Ben Jonson
Whatever affliction comes in our life, our Lord goes into the valley with us, leading us by the hand, even carrying us when it is… — Billy Graham
Our afflictions would trouble us much less if we knew God's reason for sending them. — Billy Graham
Afflictions clarify the soul. — Francis Quarles
Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late. — Laurence Sterne
By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we… — John Powell

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