Calamity Quotes

264 Calamity quotes by 199 unique authors

And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
More than ever before, we need to learn and apply the principles of economic self-reliance. We do not know when the crisis involving sickness or… — Ezra Taft Benson
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to… — Benjamin E. Mays
Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels… — Seneca the Younger
The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious reason will never happen to itself. All who have passed… — George Orwell
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path. — Dalai Lama
Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it… — Donald Ray Pollock
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So,… — Eric Ludy
Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn. — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
The 21st century can and must be an American century. It began with terror, war, and economic calamity. It is our duty to steer it… — Mitt Romney
The newspaper headlines may shout about global warming, extinctions of living species, the devastation of rain forests, and other worldwide catastrophes, but Americans evince a… — James Howard Kunstler
These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity. — Frederick Leboyer
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. — Sydney Smith
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. — Virgil
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly. — Virgil
Therefore the elect shall go forth... to see the torments of the impious, seeing which they will not be grieved, but will be satiated with… — Peter Lombard
The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to… — Richard Curtis
What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world,… — Earl Browder
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. — Philip Massinger
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. — Hesiod
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; there's the respect… — William Shakespeare
I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that it appears so little loaded with calamity; and cannot but… — Samuel Johnson
An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity — Unknown Author

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