Privation Quotes

31 quotes by 27 authors

Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but… — David O. McKay
The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in that cradle. Peace… — Jefferson Davis
Sadly, many individuals don't know where to find God, and exclude him from their lives. When spiritual needs arise, they may look to the left,… — Russell M. Nelson
I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself… — Aneurin Bevan
Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use. — Roger Scruton
God felt, God tasted and enjoyed is indeed God, but God with those gifts which flatter the soul, God in darkness, in privation, in forsakenness,… — Francois Fenelon
LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he… — Ambrose Bierce
So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us… — Ray Bradbury
The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love; to which inclinations… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind;… — Victor Hugo
But man has other needs as well: emotional needs. These, too, are few, but every bit as important as his physical requirements, yet not so… — Leo Buscaglia
When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or… — Simone Weil
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves. It is to preserve the distance which separates us from other men. To grow more indifferent… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin your… — Erwin Rommel
And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and a… — Ray Bradbury
What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less… — Hermann Hesse

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