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The night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered. — Anna Leonowens

They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities. — Thucydides

Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity. — Publilius Syrus

I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer. — Calamity Jane

Technology with out humanity is calamity. — Ted Agon

Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable. — Miguel De Cervantes

I appreciate your thinking on me, marshal, but ain't no trouble of his what ain't trouble of mine, too. — J.D. Jordan

not knowing what I needed to do or where I needed to go, I knew all the same that I was going in the right direction. — J.D. Jordan

Don't matter none how bad it gets sometimes. You can always turn this shit around. — J.D. Jordan

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. — Baha'u'llah

Hatred is internal calamity that destroys the keeper — Aftab Alam

Was Jane now. All Jane. Come calamity or come calm, was myself and none else. — J.D. Jordan

Accumulating love brings luck, accumulating hatred brings calamity. — Paulo Coelho

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

Of some calamity we can have no relief but from God alone; and what would men do, in such a case if it were not for God? — John Tillotson

Miracles had to be paid for; only calamity was free. — Lisa St. Aubin De Teran

Work and learn in evil days, in insulted days, in days of debt and depression and calamity. Fight best in the shade of the cloud of arrows. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Equanimity is calamity's medicine. — Publilius Syrus

Calamity is virtue's opportunity. — Seneca The Younger

Your right standing with God and your connection to Him remains your strongest defense in the day of calamity. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. — Sun Tzu

Pre-Calamity people had been weird. Awesome too
evidence: castle
but still pretty weird. — Brandon Sanderson

The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity . — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Calamity is man's true touchstone. — John William Fletcher

One common calamity makes men extremely affect each other, though they differ in every other particular — Richard Steele

Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such calamity. — Frank B. Kellogg

But tell you true, I honestly didn't think nothing about the Green Man beefing that posse. Was just men and the world's full of them. — J.D. Jordan

It may seem that the calamity sucked your life out to sea, but it hasn't. You still have your destiny. — Max Lucado

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. — Hesiod

Whenever a nation or a group of people is devoid of light, catastrophe comes, calamity hits, there is danger everywhere. — Sunday Adelaja

Every calamity should lead to a thorough cleansing of individual as well as social life. — Mahatma Gandhi

Calamity was ordained for man. — Bill Vaughan

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers. — Thomas Jefferson

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly. — Virgil

May you be set free from all your fears.
May you be saved from all your troubles.
May you be rescued from every calamity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Calamity-ville horror plagued by mold and termites and a faulty foundation. — Tracy Brogan

The instantaneous shift from calm to calamity. The slowing of time. Every sense suddenly wire-taut and screaming. — Robert Galbraith

Marriage was a calamity, but it was not an occupation. — Marthe Bibesco

Complacency is the prologue to calamity. — C.D. Reiss

He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. — Philip Massinger

Ain't no good ever comes of it, if you ain't steering yourself. — J.D. Jordan

The bigger a man's gun the smaller his doodlewick. — Calamity Jane

The calamity of war, wherever, whenever and upon whomever it descends, is a tragedy for the whole of humanity. — Raisa Gorbacheva

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson! — James Fenimore Cooper

16 for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. — Anonymous

During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis. — Calamity Jane

Bear calamities with meekness. — Euripides

Realize clarity from calamity. — T.F. Hodge

What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? — H.G.Wells

It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence. — Albert Camus

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

For me there is a vital connection between the Bihar calamity and the untouchability campaign. — Mahatma Gandhi

Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity. — Chanakya

For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity. — John Templeton

Religious fervor controlled by prejudice and ignorance is the greatest calamity that can befall a nation. — John R. Musick

He who faces no calamity gains no courage. — Rudyard Kipling

It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions. — Robert Bly

We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. — Swami Satchidananda

Birth is a dream, spontaneous and innate. Death, on the other hand, is a slow, false, divine calamity. It is like love. — Kevin Moffett

When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes. — Calamity Jane

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons. — William Makepeace Thackeray

What makes me liable to great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself); if I had not the body, what great calamity could come to me? — Lao-Tzu

Great calamity met with great spirit can create great strength. — Eric Greitens

Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity. — George Will

What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Calamity is a blessing when it brings one to God.
Hadassah — Francine Rivers

The inferior man attempts a hundred intrigues in order to save himself, but finishes only in creating a greater calamity from which he cannot run. — Wang Yangming

fluidity of the sea, not the rigidity of irresistible law, characterizes human conduct, especially in the midst of a calamity. — Nathaniel Philbrick

The stock actor is a stage calamity — George Bernard Shaw

But wasn't time for what was. Was time to settle up the future. — J.D. Jordan

I'd punch that cocksucker in the balls before I'd cup him for comfort. — Calamity Jane

The terrible price of living, ain't it? To live through others dying? — J.D. Jordan

Can't count on no miracles. Sometimes, you just got to have a plan. — J.D. Jordan

The worst calamity: 'To have eyes and fail to see.' — Helen Keller

I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order within us no matter what calamity befall us in the outer world. — Helen Keller

If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth. — Hafez

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

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

And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Charisma without character is postponed calamity. — Peter Ajisafe

Yield not to calamity, but face it boldly. — Corban Addison

What calamity is greater than no contentment,
and what flaw greater than the passion for gain. — Lao-Tzu

Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives. — Yasmin Mogahed

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. — Virgil

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. — Samuel Johnson

It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them. — Suzanne Curchod

No calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; — Lao-Tzu

I would say the damage here is much more [than the tsunami], the magnitude of the calamity here is much more — Bill Vaughan

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

Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul. — Mahatma Gandhi

wasn't no bit of me willing to ride shotgun to my own funeral. — J.D. Jordan

No. Some you put to the bullet. Some to the tongue. Reckon we'll have to see, yet, which way this is going to turn. — J.D. Jordan

He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe. — Chanakya

Fear has been the original parent of superstition, every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of invisible enemies — Edward Gibbon

Bread without butter or coffee without milk is an awful calamity, as if everything before being put in our mouth must first be held under a cow. — John Muir

Know, he that foretells his own calamity, and makes events before they come, twice over, doth endure the pains of evil destiny. — Bill Vaughan

A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self. — Neale Donald Walsch

Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places. — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet