Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I know not why any one but a school boy in his declamation would whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by… — Samuel Johnson
It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not… — George Washington
It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions… — Pope John Paul II
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice. — Christopher Reeve
Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too gay; Temper thy… — Paul Hamilton Hayne
If you wish to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you, what people… — Charles Kingsley
When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from… — Oscar Romero
Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief. — Fulton J. Sheen
Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs… — Therese of Lisieux
We are not masochists - the cross is not an end in itself; it is for glory. We Christians are not looking for suffering, but… — Unknown Author
(The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in) how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God, to put any Persons at all… — Samuel Clarke
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Birth leads to death, death precedes birth. So if you want to see life as it really is, it is rounded on both the sides… — Rajneesh
Births and deaths are inevitable for man only during the state of ignorance in which he thinks he is the body and cannot exist without… — Paramahansa Yogananda
I shall rejoin myself to my native country, with new attachments, and with exaggerated esteem for its advantages; for though there is less wealth there,… — Thomas Jefferson
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike… — Helen Keller
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. — Harry S. Truman
It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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