Befall Quotes

112 quotes by 100 authors

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall… — William Blake
No matter what calamities befall him in everyday life, the true hacker still needs the pressure and inconvenience of four hours of trudging in wind… — Tom O'Connor
Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one. — Miguel de Cervantes
Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains… — Miguel de Cervantes
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
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always. — Walter Savage Landor
The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise… — John Calvin
It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting… — John Flavel
Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart. — Rabindranath Tagore
Our fate is something which exists outside ourselves, and which once revealed expresses the meaning of our lives. Apart, however, from soothsayers who claim to… — Andrew Gamble
Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born. — Margaret Widdemer
Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and… — Paul Hawken
We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken… — Paul Elmer More
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy… — Charles Brockden Brown
It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As I walked in the woods I felt what I often feel that nothing can befall me in life, no calamity, no disgrace (leaving me… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men command What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend? What sweeter solace shall befall than… — Nicholas Grimald
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.… — George Washington
Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms. — Gautama Buddha
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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