Affliction Quotes

353 quotes by 250 authors

A smile is the only infectious affliction everyone is encouraged to spread. — Omar Kiam
The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat… — Dalai Lama
God alone can do what seems impossible. This is the promise of his grace: 'I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust… — Charles Spurgeon
Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften. — Charles Spurgeon
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce
God never gives up on us no matter how hard we try to get ourselves loose. God does not let go. That doesn't mean he… — Barbara Johnson
By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction. — David Steindl-Rast
When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes into a point… — Simone Weil
Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers. — Khalil Gibran
Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims… — Wole Soyinka
From all the afflictions, Your glory shall spring. And the deeper the sorrow, the louder you'll sing. — Charles Spurgeon
Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the… — Henry Ward Beecher
A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and… — Matthew Henry
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction. — Simone Weil
There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy. — John Calvin
The novel is the affliction for which only the novel is the cure. — Joyce Carol Oates
We are infinitely more than our limitations and afflictions. — Jeffrey R. Holland
By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, and… — J C Ryle
Where persons love little, do little, and give little, we may shrewdly suspect that they have never had much affliction of heart for their sins… — Charles Spurgeon

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