Affliction Quote by Thomas Watson Download Open image “God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity.” — Thomas Watson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affliction God Heart May Religious Sincerity Thanksgiving Truth World
God realizes His people need protection from the pains and heartaches of the world. — Max Anders Copy Share Image
God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him and, by… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“But he could no longer disbelieve in the reality of love, since God Himself had loved his individual soul with divine love from all… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah. And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him. And in it there is an emptiness that can not be filled except with love for Him… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share
A beautiful heart wants to know God and gets to know him through his Word. — Lauren Scruggs Copy Share Image
An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none. — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
The heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself. Its emptiness is filled with the Love of God.… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“Oh, Christian, if you are overspread with this fretting leprosy, you carry the man of sin about you, for you set yourself above God… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“It is easy to catch a disease from another, but not to catch health. The bad will sooner corrupt the good, than the good… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“This judgment is on many, the earth swallows up their time, and thoughts, and discourse, they are buried twice; their hearts are buried in… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“Upon our turning to God, we have more restored to us in Christ—than ever was lost in Adam. God says to the repenting soul,… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“To obey God, is not so much our duty—as our privilege; his commands carry food in the mouth of them. He bids us repent—and… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm not really… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
![“May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down my face make me more radiant: may my hidden weeping bloom… How we waste our afflictions!... [T]hey're really our wintering foliage, our dark greens of meaning…” quote by Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7c7/rainer-maria-rilke-193_abode_may-i-strike-my-heart-s-keys-clearly-and_52479.jpg)
