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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.
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's sons are brothers in distress;
 A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!  
 Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
 A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! 
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
 Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
 From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.  
 Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
 From that good God, who chastens whom he loves. 
 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. 
 Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always 
oppress those who are unfortunate.
 [Lat., Crede read more 
 Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always 
oppress those who are unfortunate.
 [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt;
  Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.] 
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.