If you complain about small calamities, Allah will give you great calamities. — Anonymous

 

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce

 

One can’t avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with. — Lisa Kleypas

 

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle.

 

True charity never envies others when they prosper, nor rejoices in the calamities of others when they are in trouble. — J.C. Ryle

 

Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy. — Ali Ibn Abi Tali

 

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons. — William Makepeace Thackeray