Top 142 Befall Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
He, who for Love has undergone
The worst that can befall,
Is happier thousand-fold than one,
Who never loved at all.
The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.
The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.
The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.
Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race.
I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow.
Maliki saw Islamic State as a way to exert pressure. If I am not re-elected, terror will befall you - that was his message.
No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.
The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always.
I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"
We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments.
Hurricane Charley is the worst natural disaster to befall our state in a dozen years, and it is unthinkable that anyone would try to take advantage of neighbors at a time like this,.
There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.
The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.
The more advanced the teacher, the better for you. The fifth degree black belt is so expert that they will understand that you're a beginner and throw you perfectly so that no harm will befall you.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a poet is to be praised by being misunderstood.
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
People think they're in control, but they ain't. The truth is, that which must befall thee must befall thee. And that which must pass thee by must pass thee by.
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.
Whatever may befall us, God knows and cares as no one else can.
I have often reflected within myself on this unaccountable humor in womankind of being smitten with everything that is showy and superficial, and on the numberless evils that befall the sex from this light fantastical disposition.
The only ultimate disaster that can befall us is to feel ourselves at home on this earth.
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice.
Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born.
But since the affairs of men rests still incertain,
Let's reason with the worst that may befall.
In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan than to be unmarried.
Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge our death.
Life is beautiful. He who reads that
As in the window of some distant, speeding train
Knows what he wants, and what will befall.
A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.
Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do make a difference in exposing the horrors of war and especially the atrocities that befall civilians.
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
Clichés so often befall vain people.
Go quietly alone, no harm will befall you.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.
Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the Elves, if once they dwelt there.
If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.
There is no greater glory that can befall a man that what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the strength of his hands.
Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.
I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.
Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart.
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.
I lost my sleep, and this is the greatest tragedy that can befall someone. It is much worse than sitting in prison.
The soul contains the event that shall befall it, for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts; and what we pray to ourselves for is always granted.
We cannot say this or that trouble shall not befall, yet we may, by help of the Spirit, say, nothing that doth befall shall make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian.
Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.
Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.
It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.
Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and reconsider.
