Calamity Quotes

264 quotes by 199 authors

Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when… — Oswald Chambers
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do… — Epictetus
Loss is essential. Loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. — Rohinton Mistry
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. — Horace
Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am thankful that in a troubled world no calamity can prevent the return of spring. — Helen Keller
I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will… — Thomas Paine
When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and peace in those acquisitions, thinking… — John Flavel
The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our… — Thomas Jefferson
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. — William Davenant
Make haste in giving voluntary charity, for calamities cannot pass by it. — Al-Tabarani
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. — Publilius Syrus
Accumulating love brings luck, accumulating hatred brings calamity. — Paulo Coelho
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which… — Henry Mackenzie
For the righteous, the gospel provides a warning before calamity, a program for the crises, refuge for each disaster... The Lord has warned us of… — Ezra Taft Benson
Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such… — Frank B. Kellogg
Consider that the trials and troubles, the calamities and miseries, the crosses and losses that you meet with in this world, are all the hell… — Thomas Brooks
It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions. — Robert Bly
My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be… — Zachary Taylor

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