“Labor, like Israel, has many sorrows. Its women weep for their fallen and they lament for the future of the children of the race. It ill behooves one who has supped at labor's table and who has been sheltered in labor's house to curse with equal fervor and fine impartiality both labor and its adversaries when they become locked in deadly embrace.” ChildrenHas BeensHouseRaceFineSorrowEqualLaborTablesEmbraceIllIsraelCurseFallenLockedAdversariesLamentFervorImpartiality Author:John L. Lewis
“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.” WorldHumansSelfLosesLossGriefThis WorldHumilitySweetRegretSorrowBlessingSkillsWeaknessGainsAdversityGuiltCastsIllBitterTheeDespiseSelf KnowledgeAfflictionHeedDrainedFurnaces Book:Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus Source: Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus
“Labor is rest--from the sorrow that greet us; Rest from all petty vexations that meet us, Rest from sin-promptings that ever entreat us, Rest from the world-sirens that hire us to ill. Work--and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pillow; Work--thou shalt ride over Care's coming billow; Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow! Work with a stout heart and resolute will!” WorldHeartCareLyingWaitingSinSorrowPureLaborIllWoePettyWeepingPillowSlumberResoluteSirensStoutVexationWeeping Willows Author:Frances Sargent Osgood
“I stand here empty, waiting to b filled. I stand here weary of days bombarded with sorrows & ill. Yet, I STAND. For I know it is not of my strength; I know it is not my will. So with my eyes fixed on the prize and a rejoicing soul, I stand with a prayerful heart, waiting for my blessing. I stand, knowing my blessing will com.” KnowsHeartSoulMotivationalEyeWaitingKnowingSorrowBlessingEmptyFilledIllFixedPrizeRejoiceWearyPrayerfulMy BlessingBombarded Author:Shane Smith
“I have had my share of sorrows-more than the common lot, perhaps, but I have borne them ill. I have broken where I should have bent; and have mused and brooded, when my spirit should have mixed with all God's great creation.” InspirationalShouldSpiritCommonShareCreationBrokenSorrowShould HaveIllBent Book:Hard Times Source: Hard Times
“Read this and thought of you: Through joy and through sorrow, I wrote. Through hunger and through thirst, I wrote. Through good report and through ill report, I wrote. Through sunshine and through moonshine, I wrote. What I wrote it is unnecessary to say. ~ Edgar Allen Poe” JoySorrowHungerIllReportsSunshineUnnecessaryThirstThoughts Of YouMoonshineEdgar Allen Author:Edgar Allan Poe