Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance to be a… — Alice Walker
This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me… — Swami Vivekananda
When we speak to drunkards, worldlings, or any ignorant, unconverted men, we disgrace them as in that condition to the utmost, and lay it on… — Richard Baxter
Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself. — Philip Larkin
Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the… — Victor Hugo
Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living. — Toni Cade Bambara
Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity… — Khalil Gibran
Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. — Charlie Chaplin
You desire a popular art? Begin by having a "people" whose minds are liberated, a people not crushed by misery and ceaseless toil, not brutalized… — Romain Rolland
There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner. — Dean Karnazes
Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to… — Adam Clarke
Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not. — George MacDonald
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence,… — Joseph Addison
In the hours of distress and misery, the eyes of every mortal turn to friendship; in the hours of gladness and conviviality, what is our… — Walter Savage Landor
My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to lift… — Allen Toussaint
The greatest misery does not stop Me from uniting Myself to a soul, but where there is pride, I am not there. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past. — Samuel Johnson
The gambling reasoner is incorrigible; if he would but take to the squaring of the circle, what a load of misery would be saved. — Augustus De Morgan
A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory… — Gautama Buddha
It is forever unspeakable that man must suffer so. But you learn to control yourself, to work efficiently. ... I used to cry, and want… — Elliott Merrick
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief. — Sophocles
The most miserable man in the world of those meant for Paradise will be dipped once in Paradise. Then he will be asked, "Son of… — Muhammad
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can… — Sophocles
A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how,… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him… — Jonah

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