#afflict

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

— Harold S. Geneen

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God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again. ↗

— Robert South

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Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

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Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#friends #friendship #hardships #relationships #richelle

Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst of the pain, from being afflicted by Him who loves us, and whom we love. ↗

— John Wesley

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