Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
They were glued down, every last one of them. A packet of souls. Was it fate?Misfortune?Is that what glued them down like… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
A compassionate willingess is required - as is the courage to live before the fact, before the understanding, before any rational support… — Clark Moustakas Copy Share Image
How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
We consume far too many animal products, processed and refined foods, saturated fats, and empty calories. Industries that profit from both our… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty,… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
You have no idea how much of the inefficiency of mankind comes from thinking about the wrong-doings of others, and of ourselves.… — Emma Curtis Hopkins Copy Share Image
The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern; and in art, that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong… — Xunzi Copy Share Image
We are fonder of visiting our friends in health than in sickness. We judge less favorably of their characters when any misfortune… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
A prevention of the faculty and opportunity to procreate on the part of the physically degenerate and mentally sick, over the period… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you… — Margaret Mary Alacoque Copy Share Image
The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
There are so many people who make their fortunes of the misfortunes of others. I don't know if it's because the world… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
“She considered that there were misfortunes of a much greater magnitude than the loss of a ball experienced every day by some… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Don’t you know that you are all my life to me? ...But peace I do not know, and can’t give to you.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Those who hope to avoid all failure and misfortune are trying to live in a fairyland; wise people realistically accept failures as… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
If we can sympathise only with the utterly blameless, then we can sympathise with no one, for all of us have contributed… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past,… — Pierre Laval Copy Share Image
![“Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune to be pitied and relieved, but a moral failing to be condemned, and in riches, not an object of suspicion ... but the blessing which rewards the triumph of…” quote by R. H. Tawney](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7ba/r-h-tawney-25650_blessing_convinced-that-character-is-all-and-circ_2586305.jpg)
![“[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we may lose the Church entirely in Europe. So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere.” quote by Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0bd/vincent-de-paul-1676_blessed_t-hese-losses-of-the-church-in-the-past_2035339.png)
![“Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.” quote by Xunzi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dbf/xunzi-35969_avoiding_misery-is-evil-quarreling-a-misfortune-t_3116798.jpg)
