Quotes about calamity

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— William Davenant

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

— Beaumont and Fletcher

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.

— Samuel Johnson

It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.

— Henry Mackenzie

He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.

— Bishop Porteous

Calamity is the test of integrity.

— Samuel Richardson

Calamity is virtue's opportunity.

— Seneca