My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
“There is something beautiful in every person that never dies, no matter their misfortunes.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
To be mistaken is a misfortune to be pitied; but to know the truth and not to conform one's actions to it… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates Copy Share Image
My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality. — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death. — Agathon Copy Share Image
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good… — Jean de La Fontaine 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
This is the crux of the moral pessimists: if they really wanted to promote their neighbor's redemption, then they would have to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
After rain comes sunshine; After darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there is no… — Obafemi Awolowo Copy Share Image
Needless fear and panic over disease and misfortune that seldom materialize are simply bad habits. By proper ventilation and illumination of the… — Elie Metchnikoff Copy Share Image
Americans were people who wanted to leave every place better than they found it, to leave every man more of a man… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, . . . when it was supposed that nature exists for the… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“for in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
A man's usefulness depends on his living up to his ideals insofar as he can. It is hard to fail but it… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I had read the criticisms of me and my movies and they were discerning. They said that Crawford needs a new deal,… — Joan Crawford Copy Share Image
The pleasure in traveling consists of the obstacles, the fatigue, and even the danger. What charm can anyone find in an excursion… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
There is a sort of natural instinct of human dignity in the heart of man which steels his very nerves not to… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The word which is best said came nearest to not being spoken at all, for it is cousin to a deed which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
See me, how calm I am. Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes! — Sophocles Copy Share Image
It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on. — Anna Cora Mowatt Copy Share Image
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. — A. C. Benson Copy Share Image
