Calamity Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.

— William Davenant

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

When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the…

— Amelia Barr

These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The value of catastrophic events is that they can help people face up to problems that are otherwise impossible to address.

— David Ignatius

When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

— Samuel Johnson

There are few states, I suppose, which exact so severe a toll from one's nervous system as the anticipation of calamity.

— Sax Rohmer

We all live in an ongoing series of calamities. I don't know of any individual who doesn't have a series of calamities. Life doesn't…

— Neal Gabler

You may regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer, but if you cannot, mind your own business.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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