Quotes by Affliction Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld affliction vanity self "My father," she admitted, "was of Italian extraction. Unfortunately, not an affliction that can be cured." She paused. "Though he did die." Gail Carriger affliction italian father Afflictions, like bills and pikes, make a terrible show when they cannot reach us; but the temptations of prosperity, like unseen bullets, wound and kill us before they are discerned. George Downame unseen affliction temptation No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will. George Q. Cannon affliction desert trials All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome. George Whitefield affliction temptation heaven Life is a succession of afflictions for the heart. George Sand affliction life-is heart Affliction is but the shadow of God's wing. George MacDonald affliction shadow wings Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed. Hannah More affliction character school Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict. Hannah More affliction moral exercise Few things in this world more trouble people than poverty, or the fear of poverty; and, indeed, it is a sore affliction; but, like all other ills that flesh is heir to, it has its antidote, its reliable remedy. The judicious application of industry, prudence and temperance is a certain cure. Hosea Ballou affliction people world A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. Hosea Ballou affliction wise joy The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be pure except after removing all the base metals in it. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya affliction soul gold Affliction comes to us all ...not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed, by planting, is multiplied a thousand-fold. Henry Ward Beecher affliction gratitude joy Within every man and woman is a force that directs and controls the entire course of life. Properly used, it can heal every affliction and ailment we may have. Israel Regardie affliction may men There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction. J. C. Ryle affliction lessons school Nothing unites people as sharing the same affliction. Jack Hyles affliction people If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches. James Burgh visits-you affliction listening Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. James A. Baldwin affliction crutches liberty Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned Jane Elliott affliction racism We are infinitely more than our limitations and afflictions. Jeffrey R. Holland limitation affliction «123456789»