Affliction Quote by Thomas Watson Download Open image “Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.” — Thomas Watson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affliction God Grace
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
Affliction doth not rise out of the dust or come to men by chance; but it is the Lord that sends it, and we… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the… — Robert E. Murray Copy Share Image
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by… — John Donne Copy Share Image
Afflictions are... if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Affliction shows the power of Christ's blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in sickness, poverty,… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
God afflicts us because he loves us; and it is very pleasing to him, when in our afflictions he sees us abandon ourselves to… — Benedict Joseph Labre 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
