Calamity Quotes

Most popular calamity quotes

Calamity is man's true touchstone.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. - Ambrose Bierce quote.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

misfortune

Public calamity is a mighty leveler. - Edmund Burke quote.
Public calamity is a mighty leveler.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Divine Providence send the chiefest benefits under the mask of calamities. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.
Divine Providence send the chiefest benefits under the mask of calamities.
It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. - Benjamin Mays quote.
It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.

dreams

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

integrity

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. - Publilius Syrus quote.
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.