Befallen Quotes
17 quotes by 17 authors
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During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us,…
— Philip Neri
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At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four years, who at…
— Therese of Lisieux
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We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
— John Lancaster Spalding
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History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the…
— Thomas B. Macaulay
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The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.
— Jonas Salk
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I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent,…
— Winston Churchill
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One must exploit the asynchronies that have befallen one, link them to a promising issue or domain, reframe frustrations as opportunities, and, above all, persevere.
— Howard Gardner
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There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. He that…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.
— Pete Townshend
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I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray Visits these eyes, waking at once I cry, Whence this excess of joy? What has befallen…
— Samuel Rogers
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Even more real than the disaster that has befallen our brothers and sisters must be our own willingness to sacrifice and help with the healing.
— Debra L. Lee
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I still feel needles in my back when I think about all the horrible disasters that would have befallen me if I had permanently moved…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters…
— Jennifer Egan
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Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:…
— Bible
Who Wrote These Befallen Quotes
17 authors contributed a total of 17 Befallen Quotes as follows: