Affliction Quote by Richard Sibbes

“Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the earth for…

— Richard Sibbes

In spiritual things, this world is all wintertime so long as the Saviour is away.

— Robert Murray M'Cheyne

In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

— Khalil Gibran

Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.

— Victor Hugo

Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and…

— Samuel Johnson

Winter is the time of love and of taking the light within.

— Terry Taylor

It is a pleasure to a real lover of Nature to give winter all the glory he can, for summer will make its own…

— Dorothy Wordsworth

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

— Paul Theroux

I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.

— Anonymous

To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate…

— John Burroughs

There is a reason we prepare for Winter in the fall. When we fall we go through these dark cold times and not all…

— Ky Martin

It is the most human and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated and irradiated with the feeling of human brotherhood, which is the essential…

— George William Curtis