Quotes by Affliction Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions. Sylvia Boorstein affliction compassion mind There will be no Christian but what will have a Gethsemane, but every praying Christian will find that there is no Gethsemane without its angel! Thomas Binney affliction angel christian Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or, transcending the resources of religion, to relieve. Thomas Binney transcending affliction resources When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes. Thomas Brooks affliction grace struggle When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short. Thomas Brooks affliction grace hands There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction. Thomas Brooks affliction sin evil The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace. Thomas a Kempis inward affliction grace Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die. Thomas Southerne affliction virtue opportunity But a few choosing to venture deeper into the painful corridors of their affliction, found after a while that they could now grind and polish ever more exotic surfaces, hyperboloidial and even stranger, eventually including what we must term ‘imaginary’ shapes (which some preferred to term invisible). Thomas Pynchon exotic affliction shapes Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Thomas Watson affliction adversity may Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it. Thomas Watson affliction grace He will lift you and guide you. He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face. Thomas S. Monson affliction storm comfort What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? Virgil affliction philosophical earth Not being untutored in suffering, I learn to pity those in affliction Virgil affliction suffering sympathy We fancy that our afflictions are sent us directly from above; sometimes we think it in piety and contrition, but oftener in moroseness and discontent. Walter Savage Landor affliction sorrow thinking The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Washington Irving mourning affliction sorrow The pleasure of revenge is a fleeting emotion that is soon replaced by the affliction of conscience. Wes Fesler fleeting affliction revenge Common sense is not an issue in politics--it's an affliction. Will Rogers affliction common-sense issues Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. William Arthur Ward affliction adversity humanity Oft the cloud that wraps the present hour serves but to brighten all our future days. William Browne affliction hours clouds «123456789»
