Afflictions Quote by Laphoia V.Long

Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst…

— John Wesley

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A wife of your own stature is the greatest of all blessings.

— Eugene Delacroix

Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive.

— Marvin J. Ashton

One of the greatest blessings is to be able to be happy even when things arent going the way we planned.

— Anonymous

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.

— Gautama Buddha

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

— John Calvin

Afflictions, like bills and pikes, make a terrible show when they cannot reach us; but the temptations of prosperity, like unseen bullets, wound and…

— George Downame

“As Christians, if sin were the reason for our afflictions, then we should all be in ICU" ~ R. Alan Woods [2012]”

— R. Alan Woods

Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.

— John Angell James

Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.

— Thomas Brooks

“What kind of person is void of compassion? A heartless one. But alas, compassion cannot exist without the endurance of afflictions.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich