Affliction Quote by William Shakespeare

“But I am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald like moulten lead.”

— William Shakespeare

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it

— Eliza Tabor

Thy treasures of gold Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold; Thy home may be lovely, but round it I…

— Lydia M. Child

“Ready must thou be to burn thyself in thine own flame; how couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes!”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Theres a wideness in Gods mercy I cannot find in my own And He keeps His fire burning To melt this heart of stone…

— Rich Mullins

My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns;Love is the fire and sighs the smoke, the ashes shame and scorns;The fuel Justice…

— Robert Southwell

“Inhale thy fill of lovesweet essence, My fire burns within thy presence”

— Michelle Geaney

Oh Lord, purify my soul from all its stains. Warm my heart with the love of thee, animate my sluggish nature and fix my…

— William Wilberforce

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

— William Shakespeare

Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.

— William Cowper

“If thou art worn and hard beset, With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget; If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without,…

— St. Augustine of Hippo