Calamities Quotes

89 Calamities quotes by 75 unique authors

Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And though… — Martin Farquhar Tupper
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill… — Charles Caleb Colton
Purity is an illusion. The idea of purity has been used as an excuse for calamities like honor killings, bride burnings, child molestation. Purification is… — Alice Glass
I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to… — Pope Francis
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under… — B.K.S. Iyengar
We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. — Swami Satchidananda
In short, the foundation of the Kingdom of God is based upon harmony and love, oneness, relationship and union, not upon differences, especially between husband… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind,… — Jane Addams
We have determined enemies who will use any means available to take the lives of as many Americans as possible. They cheered when the Twin… — Bill Frist
Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earth quake cannot happen here. Those… — Ezra Taft Benson
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care of… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the… — Samuel Johnson
You want calamities? What about the Ice Age? — Mario Cuomo
What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
You may regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer, but if you cannot, mind your own business. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Crises are challenges, not calamities. — Guy Verhofstadt
At a time of multiple calamities in the world, we cannot allow the loss of essential antimicrobials, essential cures for many millions of people, to… — Margaret Chan
It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons. — William Makepeace Thackeray
There are two avenues from the little passions and the drear calamities of earth; both lead to the heaven and away from hell-Art and Science.… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Bear calamities with meekness. — Euripides
We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves. — John Dryden
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Do things with your whole heart, with as much intensity as you are capable of. Anything done halfheartedly never brings joy to life. It only… — Rajneesh
One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them; it is only… — Leo Tolstoy
The tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dewdrops falling from roses on the bosom of the earth. Shut not thine ear, therefore, against the… — Robert Dodsley

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