Calamity Quotes

264 Calamity quotes by 199 unique authors

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers. — Thomas Jefferson
A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
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
To me, self-description is a calamity. — Jasper Johns
A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self. — Neale Donald Walsch
In spite of calamity, He still has a plan for me, And it’s working for my good, And it’s building my testimony... — Marvin Sapp
I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offence. It is child’s… — Bhagat Singh
There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment. — Jaggi Vasudev
He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe. — Chanakya
...These healers...my intellect has been unable to assimilate their theories....But their facts are patent and startling; and anything that interferes with the multiplication of such… — William James
God shall not pity them but laugh at their calamity. The righteous company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's judgment, and shall… — Thomas Boston
It is not a terrible thing to a wretched soul, when it shall lie roaring perpetually in the flames of hell, and the God of… — Richard Baxter
I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge. If… — Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
You want calamities? What about the Ice Age? — Mario Cuomo
We only have one dog now. Calamity Jane had to be put down. She was very old, and her medicine no longer controlled her seizures.… — Gene Wolfe
Let's review the cost-free techniques that we've learned so far for raising an achievement-oriented, obedient, drug-free, virgin adult: Calamity, Praise, Local Theater, and flat feet.… — Tina Fey
The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity . — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Children seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy, discounting and keeping hidden the true horrors of their short lives, humbly imagining real calamity… — Shirley Hazzard
Your calamity was sent to bring you back to the Quran. But the greater calamity is that you missed the point. — Yasmin
Until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared — Sun Tzu
I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by Barcelona, the failure… — Tom Dunne
Tariff policy beneficiaries are always visible, but its victims are mostly invisible. Politicians love this. The reason is simple: The beneficiaries know for whom to… — Walter E. Williams
What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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