Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the… — Adolf Hitler
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime — Christian Nestell Bovee
Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon… — Henry David Thoreau
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill… — Khalil Gibran
Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt. — Jonathan Swift
Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune. — Aristotle
He took his misfortune like a man - he blamed it on his wife. — Bob Phillips
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer. — Baron de Montesquieu
A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is a misfortune for a science to be born too late when the means of observation have become too perfect. That is what is… — Henri Poincare
People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it. — William Hazlitt
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. — Marcus Aurelius
There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin. — James Ellis
If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all… — Orison Swett Marden
The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence. — Alan Cohen
One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come… — Shirley Temple
How would you feel if you had no fear? Feel like that. How would you behave toward other people if you realized their powerlessness to… — Vernon Howard
Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow,… — Charles Caleb Colton
Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune. — Raymond Queneau
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just… — James Madison
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than… — Eric Hoffer
A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children;… — Saint John Chrysostom
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune. — William McFee
Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin. — Anthony Mary Claret
No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity. — Dean Koontz

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