"Man's extremity is God's opportunity." — John Flavel
"Man's extremity is God's opportunity."
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John Flavel
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81 Quotes by John Flavel
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That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
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Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid…
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The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there…
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to…
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Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but…
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If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.
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Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if…
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Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your…
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Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this…
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If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the…
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How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the…
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More Extremity Quotes
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one of 48 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
— Juvenal
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The generation of seeds ... is therefore marvelous and analogous to the other productions of living things. For first of…
— Marcello Malpighi
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The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life
— Diana Nyad
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How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine, the highest earthly felicity,…
— Catharine Beecher
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If any of us hopes to survive, she must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and…
— June Jordan
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But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of…
— James Madison
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When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given…
— John Flavel
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PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily,…
— Alexander Chee
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I trust we shall never be reduced to the painful extremity of seeking the aid of Mirabeau.
— Marie Antoinette
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The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of…
— C.S. Lewis
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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root…
— Ieyasu Tokugawa
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I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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