Quotes by Suffering There is no sweeter fellowship with Christ than to bring our wounds and our sores to him. Samuel Rutherford afflictionfellowshipsuffering The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. Samuel Smiles sufferingworkmen Let us be faithful and care for our own part, which is to do and suffer for Him, and lay Christ's part on Himself, and leave it there; duties are ours, events are the Lord's. Samuel Rutherford faithfuleventssuffering O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman - he purposes a crop. Samuel Rutherford purposesufferingjesus I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings. Samuel Rutherford sinsufferinglord I desire now to make no more pleas with Christ; verily, he hath not put me to a loss by what I suffer; he oweth me nothing; for in my bonds, how sweet and comfortable have the thoughts of him been to me, wherein I find a sufficient recompense of reward!. Samuel Rutherford sufferinglosssweet My dear brother, let God make of you what He will, He will end all with consolation, and shall make glory out of your suffering. Samuel Rutherford brothersufferingletting-go There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion. Whenever it fails, it never recovers, but either breaks like iron, or crumbles sulkily away, like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their sufferings and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal. Samuel Johnson ironpassionsuffering If an author be supposed to involve his thoughts in voluntary obscurity, and to obstruct, by unnecessary difficulties, a mind eager in the pursuit of truth; if he writes not to make others learned, but to boast the learning which he possesses himself, and wishes to be admired rather than understood, he counteracts the first end of writing, and justly suffers the utmost severity of censure, or the more afflicting severity of neglect. Samuel Johnson sufferingmindwriting The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments. Samuel Johnson providencepeculiarsuffering Don't be afraid. Human birth is full of suffering and one has to endure everything patiently, taking the Name of God. None, not even God in human form can escape the sufferings of the body and mind. Sarada Devi sufferingnamesmind No one can suffer for all time. No one will spend all his days on this earth in suffering. Every action brings its own result, and one gets one's opportunities accordingly. Sarada Devi sufferingearthopportunity One suffers as a result of one's own actions. So, instead of blaming others for such sufferings, one should pray to the Lord and depending entirely on His grace, try to bear them patiently and with forbearance under all circumstances. Sarada Devi gracesufferingtrying We suffer as a result of our own actions; it is unfair to blame anybody for it. Sarada Devi blamesufferingaction Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off. Sarah Addison Allen peppersgoing-awaysuffering In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the cause of repeated births and deaths. It is the obstacle in the way of liberation. Sarada Devi sufferingrootsdesire Still we love Samuel Johnson stillssufferingevil You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for the first time not alone in your suffering. Sarah Hall kissingsufferingfirsts Life isn't easy, no matter where you are. You'll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them. Sarah J. Maas choicessufferingthinking It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she had the address of appearing only to attend, but was continually doubling her chains upon her companions; which were so slender in themselves, and so silently fastened, that while the attention was engaged by other objects, they were not easily perceived. Each link grew tighter as it had been longer worn; and when by continual additions they became so heavy as to be felt, they were very frequently too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson brokenstrongsuffering«177178179180181182183184185186187»
