Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought… — Jodi Picoult
Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur. — Isabel Allende
…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck. — Louisa May Alcott
The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune. — Alexis de Tocqueville
For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. — Albert Camus
It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your… — Conan O'Brien
Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties. — Janette Rallison
Therefore the misfortune which comes to man as a result of the fact that he was a child is that his freedom was first concealed… — Simone de Beauvoir
When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in New Orleans. But… — Tim Wise
Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.… — Marquis de Sade
If You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds… — Dale Carnegie
Blanche: No, I have the misfortune of being an English instructor. I attempt to instill a bunch of bobby-soxers and drugstore Romeos with a reverence… — Tennessee Williams
Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage… — Dean Koontz
The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to… — Philippa Gregory
The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance — Leonardo da Vinci
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There's no greater misfortune than dying alone. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone. — Jean de la Bruyere
Misfortune nobly born is good fortune. — Marcus Aurelius
My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo — Victor Hugo
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books — Theodore Roosevelt
I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. — Daniel Handler
Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He only who created… — Robin Jones Gunn

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