Afflict Quotes

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.

A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable.

Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.