“My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“May misfortune follow us the rest of our lives, but never catch up.” — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do not you see that every misfortune is misconduct; that every honour is desert; that every effort is an insolence of your… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“But then again...perhaps the whole human race is cursed, and I'm simply in the lower echelon and therefore lose everything first.” — Ondrelique C. Ouellette Copy Share Image
“...it was an intimate bond between the men of that generation ... for nothing brings men close together than a common misfortune… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth,… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“People don't seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.” — William McFee Copy Share Image
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough. — Laozi Copy Share Image
It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
In the greater number of cases that have come under my observation, freedom has been a serious misfortune to the manumitted slave,… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
No matter the nature of your problems, don't mind the degree of your misfortune, don't lose hope, never submit yourself to frustration… — Jesse Joseph Copy Share Image
The police do not decide the killer in a crime the police determines the killer in a crime and that is why… — Gayla Leach Copy Share Image
“It is a misfortune to be in the presence of a writer, even a failed writer, to be seen by him, be… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
“Lunacy, like the rain, falls upon the evil and the good, and although it must forever remain a fearful misfortune, yet there… — Inmate Of The Glasgow Royal Asylum Copy Share Image
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
When Life Hits With Problems Or Misfortunes It Shapes Our Belief System And Makes Us Think Differently. When You Believe In Something… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When the rush of the weak sweeps over those that strive to be strong, its destruction. The commonplaces of moral judgment become… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The snag in this business of falling in love, aged relative, is that the parties of the first part so often get… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“No one is adequate to comprehending the misery of my lot! Fate obliges me to be constantly in movement: I am not… — Matthew Gregory Lewis Copy Share Image
“If asked how one’s business is doing, the customary response is: ‘Could be worse,’ or ‘Just about surviving.’ Anything more upbeat is… — Graeme Macrae Burnet Copy Share Image
“There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. To have lost one's self-respect: that is what… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune. — Bias of Priene Copy Share Image
“Thank you for calling the Law Firm of Sod, Murphy, and Finagle. How can we help you?” — Wyatt B. Pringle, Jr Copy Share Image
Trials come into our lives when God is trying to teach us, lead us or correct us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He who cannot stand misfortune does not deserve good fortune.” — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
