Affliction Quote by George Whitefield

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.

— Jeremiah Burroughs

Afflictions are the steps to heaven.

— Elizabeth Ann Seton

The more of Heaven we cherish, the less of Earth we covet.

— David Berg

And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

— Homer

Heaven & Hell are both creations of desire.

— Ram Dass

Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

The more of heaven there is in our lives, the less of earth we shall covet.

— Charles Spurgeon

By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world,…

— J. C. Ryle

Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

— Henry Van Dyke

To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.

— John Bunyan

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

— William Shakespeare