Bad Fortune Quotes

15 quotes by 12 authors

You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth. — Saadi
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have to rise above bad fortune. We have to be in the good and enjoy the good, study and work and adventure and friendship… — Joshua Prager
Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good. — Aristotle
Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune. — Sophocles
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and… — Hermann Hesse
Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner. — Alice Hoffman
Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Trouble follows you like a shadow, Gillian. You're prone to injuries. I swear to God, if a tree decided to fall right now, it would… — Julie Garwood
We do not know what really good or bad fortune is. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. — Virgil

Who Wrote These Bad Fortune Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 15 Bad Fortune Quotes as follows: