The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
One must not try to trick misfortune,but resign oneself to it with good grace. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. — Joseph Addison 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
The constant man loses not his virtue in misfortune. A torch may point towards the ground, but its flame will still point… — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough. — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man; it is a sort of foresight of the disasters… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No one step back, that is the idea… Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In great misfortunes, people want to be alone. They have a right to be. And the misfortunes that occur within one are… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I think that the theory of evolution is the most unscientific, faith-based, fundamentally brainless idea that ever had the misfortune to come… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will… — Amanda Burton Copy Share Image
I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The provision of health care facilities must be accepted as a social responsibility. It is not that an individual who has the… — Toh Chin Chye Copy Share Image
When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should,… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
It is indeed a misfortune for a woman to be without beauty, as with men the eye is the chief arbiter of… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
