Affliction Quotes

• God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Adversity, Son

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• Most of the grand truths of God have to be learned by trouble; they must be burned into us with the hot iron of affliction, otherwise we shall not truly receive them.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Iron, Grace

  Charles Spurgeon (2012). “Daily Help Devotional”, p.12, Whitaker House

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• Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

  Richard Sibbes

  Religious, Pride, Grace

  Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.3399, Titus Books

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• Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Sea, Grace

  Spurgeon, Charles, Delmarva Publication, Inc. (2015). “The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon, Volume 78”, p.92, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• As sure as God puts His children in the furnace of affliction, He will be with them in it.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Children, Grace

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• Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

  H. G. Wells

  Wise, Sorry, War

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• Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

  Hannah More

  School, Character, Virtue

  Hannah More (1812). “Practical piety...”, p.206

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• Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it! He knows that he has the seeds of every evil in his own heart. And under all trials and afflictions — he will look to the hand of the Lord, and lay his mouth in the dust, acknowledging that he suffers much less than his iniquities have deserved.

  John Newton

  Heart, Knowing, Dust

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• Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

  Matthew Henry

  Punishment, Grace, Trials

  Matthew Henry (2016). “Book of Job - Complete Bible Commentary Verse by Verse”, p.188, Editora Dracaena

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• We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Inspiring, Adversity, Forget The Past

  Dwight L Moody (1958). “Talks to Christians”, p.81, Moody Publishers

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• Afflictions are the steps to heaven.

  Elizabeth Ann Seton

  Adversity, Heaven, Steps

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• Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify and alleviate, misfortune.

  Laurence Sterne

  Alleviate, Remove, Misfortunes

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• Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.

  Robert E. Murray

  Christian, Sweet, Grace

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• With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn.

  Miguel de Molinos

  Wind, Soul, Corn

  Miguel de Molinos (2006). “The Spiritual Guide of Miguel Molinos”, p.124, Lulu.com

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• Afflictions clarify the soul;
  And like hard masters, give more hard directions,
  Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.

  Francis Quarles

  Giving, Soul, Age

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• 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

  Christian, Angel, Praying

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• Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or, transcending the resources of religion, to relieve.

  Thomas Binney

  Resources, Transcending

  Thomas Binney (1853). “Is it Possible to Make the Best of Both Worlds?: A Book for Young Men”, p.76

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• 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

  Exercise, Moral, Conflict

  Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.770

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• Calamity is man's true touchstone.

  John William Fletcher

  Men, Negativity, Calamity

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• If aught can teach us aught, Affliction's looks,
  Making us pry into ourselves so, near,
  Teach us to know ourselves, beyond all books,
  Or all the learned schools that ever were.

  Sir John Davies

  Book, School, Looks

  Robert Anderson, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset (1795). “The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces”, p.683

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• The cloud which appeared to the prophet Ezekiel carried with it winds and storms, but it was environed with a golden circle, to teach us that the storms of afflictions, which happen to God's children, are encompassed with brightness and smiling felicity.

  Nicolas Caussin

  Children, Ezekiel, Clouds

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• Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of Grace. The gift of Grace increases as the struggle increases.

  Rose of Lima

  Sympathy, Struggle, Catholic

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• Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die.

  Thomas Southerne

  Opportunity, Virtue, Teach

  Thomas Southerne (1713). “The maid's last prayer: or, Any, rather than fail. The fatal marriage: or, The innocent adultery. Oroonoko. The fate of Capua. [Taken from general t-p; some variations on special t-ps, e.g. Sir Antony Love”, p.295

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• We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe.

  Ouida

  Depth, Woe

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• God measures out affliction to our need.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Needs

  Saint John Chrysostom, Edward Budge, Charles Marriott (1842). “To the People of Antioch”, p.82

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