Afflictions Quotes

117 Afflictions quotes by 92 unique authors

Money, when considered as the fruit of many years' industry, as the reward of labor, sweat and toil, as the widow's dowry and children's portion,… — Thomas Paine
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. — J I Packer
Afflictions are... if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ — C.S. Lewis
We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments. — Joseph Addison
. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about… — Vincent de Paul
Afflictions, persecutions, imprisonments, and death, we must expect, according to the scriptures, which tell us that the blood of those whose souls were under the… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Christ's enemies are but breaking their own heads in pieces, upon the Rock laid in Zion; and the stone is not removed out of its… — Samuel Rutherford
Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse. — William Gurnall
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
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
Our afflictions would trouble us much less if we knew God's reason for sending them. — Billy Graham
Afflictions clarify the soul. — Francis Quarles
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
Afflictions are the steps to heaven. — Elizabeth Ann Seton
Through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God ... It is folly to think to steal to heaven with a whole skin. — Samuel Rutherford
I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree. — Nicholson Baker
Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions. — Augustus William Hare
Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the… — Charles Caleb Colton
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. — Bodhidharma
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions of… — Carol Anshaw

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