Calamity Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson Download Open image “Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Calamity Failure Hints Spiritual Spurs Valuable
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. — William Davenant Copy Share Image
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it — Bill W Copy Share Image
“Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The calamities of tragedy do not simply happen, nor are they sent; they proceed mainly from actions, and those the actions of men.We see… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it does not… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is the common calamity of old age to lose whatever might have rendered it desirable. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a big lesson in experiencing uncertainty and calamity with a sober focus - the most chaotic moments are the ones from which… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
