Misery Quotes

1633 Misery quotes by 995 unique authors

Our work is the embodiment of our will. The spiritual manifestation of this work is its effect. When such work is properly done it brings… — Viktor Schauberger
Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness. — Sarada Devi
This was yet another colonial fascination: to create the conditions of misery in a population, then subject it to social or medical experimentation. — Siddhartha Mukherjee
O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of… — Salvatore Quasimodo
I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by fire and steel… — Belle Boyd
We walk by faith. We don't stay still, drowning in our misery. — Jentezen Franklin
Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you… — Prince
Self-indulgence leads only to misery. Nothing great or even worthwhile is ever accomplished without struggle through adversity and self-sacrifice — Unknown Author
As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and… — Theodore Parker
The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty — Simon Bolivar
The animal man lives in the senses. If he does not get enough to eat, he is miserable; or if something happens to his body,… — Swami Vivekananda
Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And though… — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Good care is taken that each state shall have its prisons . . . and other asylums; but not one building is erected nor one… — Victoria Woodhull
I can't get divorced because I'm a Catholic. Catholics don't get divorced. They stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God… — Unknown Author
Insecurity is miserable. That's the bottom line. We don't need it. We don't want it. And we really can live without it. So what would… — Beth Moore
The progress of the world means more enjoyment and more misery too. — Swami Vivekananda
In this world we find that all happiness is followed by misery as its shadow. Life has its shadow, death. They must go together, because… — Swami Vivekananda
Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing. [Not only be grateful for the good that you have but also… — Izaak Walton
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than… — Solon
He [man] abuses equally other animals and his own species, the rest of whom live in famine, languish in misery, and work only to satisfy… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very… — Jon Crosby
I see no light behind that terrible curtain. I do not think one religion better than another and I think the Christian religion has brought… — Eliza Lynn Linton
Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery. — Devdutt Pattanaik

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