Affliction Quote by Thomas Watson

“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“affliction is better than sin, and if God sends the one to cleanse us from the other, let us thank him, and be also…

— John Bunyan

There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction.

— Thomas Watson

And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.

— Philip Sidney

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

— Robert Lowry

Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, performing an action without examination would destroy us by projecting…

— Dalai Lama

Who can destroy iron but its own rust, and who can destroy a person but his own mind?

— Senora Roy

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by Satan's wolves.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Sin is like mold—the longer it lives, the blacker it becomes. And spores can’t be avoided. Never.”

— Aaron Dries

Sin easily hides where there is no heat of trials and afflictions. In times of prosperity and success, even a wicked man will seem…

— John Bevere

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

— Oscar Wilde

“For as the same fire causes gold to glow brightly, and chaff to smoke; and under the same flail the straw is beaten small,…

— Augustine of Hippo