Why Does God Allow Suffering Quotes

#1. So, in God's relationship to us, we might wonder, "Am I really saved?" "Am I of the elect?" "Is God angry with me?" "Why does God allow suffering in the world?" In each case, if we leave out the Cross, questions like these can drive us to despair or insanity.

Gene Edward Veith Jr.

#2. My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life.

Sean Paul

#3. 'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

Judith Hill

#4. If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.

Charles R. Swindoll

#5. It is not good for man to cherish a solitary ambition. Unless there be those around him, by whose example he may regulate himself, his thoughts, desires, and hopes will become extravagant, and he the semblance, perhaps the reality, of a madman

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#6. The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

Carine Roitfeld

#7. I've been a vegan for about 15 years.

Emily Deschanel

#8. Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids, unwakeful, most pleasant, the nearest like death.

Homer

#9. First off, you should know that your daughter is going to be fine." ... "Jordan's been through an ordeal but she is ... " Incredible. Strong. Smart. Gorgeous. Hot as a firecracker in bed. Probably better to keep that part to himself.
" ... quite tough," he finished.

Julie James

#10. Some days the burdens may seem so heavy and the weariness so profound that you may wonder if God has forsaken you. Why would He allow you to experience such deep adversity? Yet do not despair. He has a clear purpose for your suffering: so you will know the Savior better and reflect His character.

Charles F. Stanley

#11. Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum.

Carl Von Clausewitz

#12. What kind of God would allow suffering in His universe?

Randall Stewart

#13. The purpose of all knowledge, metaphysical as well as scientific, is to achieve what Epicurus called ataraxia, freedom from irrational fears and anxieties of all sorts - in brief, peace of mind.

Epicurus

#14. THERE are no wise few; for in all men rages the folly of the Fall. Take your strongest, happiest, handsomest, best born, best bred, best instructed men on earth and give them special power for half an hour and because they are men they will begin to [perform] badly ...

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#15. He worries a lot and often suffers from feelings of self-doubt. He has a natural attraction to the melancholy side of life. He is drawn to the rain, the minor key, and to suffering. Hardship, infirmity, and misery gain his attention and fuel his passion for healing.

Sandra Nichols

#16. How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?

Timothy Keller

#17. The destiny of a man is determined by his daily action, God won't allow you go anywhere, if you don't make an attempt to move.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#18. I needed someone to tell me how God could allow someone He loved to suffer so much when I wouldn't do this to someone I hated.

Sarah Thebarge

#19. Suffering together builds togetherness, and if togetherness is more important for us and for our joy than freedom from suffering is, then God is good to allow this suffering.

Peter Kreeft

#20. The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.

Homer