“That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the skillful man, an abyss for the feeble.” — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Not everything that happens in your life has to hit you like a hurricane.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
“Who you are, how you act and present yourself to others and your deep inner-truths are calling fortune or misfortune into your… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The misfortune is that many people, men and women, think that the perfect face has no flaws, no pores in the skin;… — Douglas Kirkland Copy Share Image
“...the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.” — W Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I've had the misfortune of being overshadowed by other great athletes. I shouldn't say athletes. Sportsmen. — John Part Copy Share Image
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.” — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
The concept of what we're looking for is so important. The fact that the effect is tiny is just our misfortune. — Rainer Weiss Copy Share Image
“Little by little they all gathered around him, entering through the cracks like moonbeams...[b]ut once the wind of misfortune blows, people disperse… — Grazia Deledda Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you think you have all of tomorrow ahead of you,’ Mama often said. ‘When the sun is shinning, think of the… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
Drink often drives a man to misfortune and misfortune often drives a man to drink. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“It would be ridiculous to hold your breath and blame others for your inability to breathe. In the same sense, it is… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
In the same proportion Russia is the misfortune of Europe and the Israelites. — Isaac Mayer Wise Copy Share Image
It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
