Quotes of: Calamities Keyword

May the Lord rescue you from any calamity.

Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

Samuel Richardson

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is no greater disaster than greed.

Lao-Tzu

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Sydney Smith

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

Frederick Douglass

They saw me. Milton's smile curled off his face like unsticky tape. And I knew immediately, I was a boy band, a boondoggle, born fool. He was going to pull a Danny Zuko in when Sandy says hello to him in front of the T-Birds, a Mrs. Robinson when she...

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Oliver Goldsmith

These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity.

Frederick Leboyer

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Aeschylus

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.

William Davenant

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

The Last of the Mohicans

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

Samuel Johnson

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

John Lancaster Spalding

At a time of multiple calamities in the world, we cannot allow the loss of essential antimicrobials, essential cures for many millions of people, to become the next global crisis.

Margaret Chan

The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principal stud...

Thomas Jefferson

It is in the thick of a calamity that one gets hardened to the truth, in other words to silence.

The Plague

your right standing with God and your connection to Him remains your strongest defense in the day of calamity.

The Prince and the Pauper

The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying - you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there's a calamity.

Alafair Burke

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What's friendship's realest measure? I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.

Richard Ford

The 21st century can and must be an American century. It began with terror, war, and economic calamity. It is our duty to steer it onto the path of freedom, peace, and prosperity.

Mitt Romney