“The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and… — Jeanne DuPrau Copy Share Image
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance. — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness and impatience; it argues… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others. — Thomas More Copy Share Image
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever.… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Antoninus diffused order and tranquility over the greatest part of the earth. His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes. — Aaron Hill Copy Share Image
Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is one of the misfortunes in life that one must read thousands of books only to discover that one need not… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Blindness has not been for me a total misfortune; it should not be seen in a pathetic way. It should be seen… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
He goes along just as a water lily Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats Unweighed down by passion… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you… — Shirley Temple Copy Share Image
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams. — Martial Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
