A Quote by Mason Cooley

Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.

Mason Cooley

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Crown Crown Of Thorns Inflicted Misery Self Self-Inflicted Thorns

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Mason Cooley
American - Writer
1927 - 2002

They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?

Martin Luther

Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.

Thomas Carlyle

The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns.

Elisabeth Elliot

A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!

Elizabeth of Hungary

The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.

Charles Williams

The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.

James Stewart

You cannot be Christ’s servant if you are not willing to follow him, cross and all. What do you crave? A crown? Then it must be a crown of thorns if you are to be like him. Do you want to be lifted up? So you shall, but it will be upon a cross.

Charles Spurgeon

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

Gordon Lightfoot

Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldiers The lamb is brought to the ground Under the weight of the Crown A crown of thorns and dark deeds The swastika and the hammer and sickle Are symbols that reap only weeds

Andy Partridge

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

Aneurin Bevan

Entering politics would be like donning a crown of thorns.

Kamal Haasan

Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write. On you go.