Calamity Quotes

264 quotes by 202 authors

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them… — Pietro Aretino
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in… — Joseph Addison
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. — Aeschylus
There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent… — Eldridge Cleaver
When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the hatefulness and hurtfulness of sin;… — William Whately
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. — Sun Tzu
If you will take it into your mind to be sincere in throwing away your life for your master, you will not have the slightest… — Torii Mototada
Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train of calamities inseparable… — Alexander Hamilton
Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Now an army is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural causes, 1 but from faults for which the general is responsible. These… — Sun Tzu
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
There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable… — George C. Marshall
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
The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he can afflict our… — Martin Luther
Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more. — Seneca the Younger
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. — Samuel Johnson
Every man has frequent grievances which only the solicitude of friendship will discover and remedy, and which would remain for ever unheeded in the mighty… — Samuel Johnson
When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame. — Jack Kemp

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