Affliction Quotes

353 quotes by 250 authors

Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them. — Saint Francis de Sales
With silence only as their benediction, God's angels come Where in the shadow of a great affliction, The soul sits dumb! — John Greenleaf Whittier
We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation from suffering and… — Nhat Hanh
Balance and control come from healthy anger. This is just as aggressive as the unhealthy kind. But it is based on a belief and hope… — Barbara Deming
It is then, we say, in the successive stages of his experience, that the believer sees more distinctly, and adores more profoundly, and grasps more… — Octavius Winslow
It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts,… — William Morley Punshon
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be… — Charles Caleb Colton
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. — Matthew Henry
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every… — Washington Irving
Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they… — C.S. Lewis
Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings. — George MacDonald
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. — David Mallet
We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. — Dwight L. Moody
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always… — Blaise Pascal
The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction. — Charles Spurgeon
God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because… — Charles Stanley
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with… — Miguel de Unamuno
Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. — William Arthur Ward
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse. — George Washington
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to… — Simone Weil

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