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 The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of 
affliction.
   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon,  
 The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of 
affliction.
   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon, 
 Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
 And thou art wedded to calamity.  
 Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
 And thou art wedded to calamity. 
 What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
 [Lat., Quae regio in terris nostri non plena read more 
 What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
 [Lat., Quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris.] 
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
 Affliction is the good man's shining scene;
 Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;
  As night to stars, woe read more 
 Affliction is the good man's shining scene;
 Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;
  As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man. 
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.