Life’s greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“To to remembered by a heart is the greatest honour - yet the greatest tragedy.” — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him,… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
My mom once told me that when I see tragic disasters and accidents that to look for the good. People are always… — Marisa Stein Copy Share Image
“My heart broke and my mind opened, tragedy works in a funny way like that ~ what once tore me apart was… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow directions and sometimes we end… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is not only a tragedy of the Jewish people, it is a failure of humanity as a whole. — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
Knowing that others have gone through similar tragedies may be a help, but it should be remembered that every tragedy is not… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least,… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
What we were trying to do was take the notion of Greek tragedy, of fated and doomed people, and instead of these… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The murder of a dozen innocent people is unquestionably a human tragedy. But that is no excuse for reacting blindly by preventing… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
She’s really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago the Oklahoma City bombing seared the concept of terrorism on American soil into our national consciousness and proved that… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
“Some people with DID present their narratives of sadistic abuse in a quite matter-of-fact way, without perceptible affect. This may sometimes be… — Graeme Galton Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“Billy sipped the last of his coffee from the mug and shut down his laptop. 1,000 words wasn’t great but it also… — Amanda M. Lyons Copy Share Image
“She has decided to keep going, as anyone could tell by her closed eyes and calm expression. She realizes that all big… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
The tragedy in his life already existed. To love an atmospheric spirit. That was the real sorrow. Hopelessness itself. Nowhere on the… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“Having had occasion in the past to observe Communist statesmen, I saw with surprise that they were often extremely critical of the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
