Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude. — Jean de la Bruyere
In the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune. — Sun Tzu
O witches, O misery, O hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted! I contrived to purge my mind of all human hope. On all… — Arthur Rimbaud
The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. — Sun Tzu
Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune. — Unknown Author
It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct… — Hugh Mackay
I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's… — Karl Kraus
A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of… — Marguerite Yourcenar
The ability to take misfortune and make something good come of it is a rare gift. Those who possess it are ..said to have resilience… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure. — Jim Rohn
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the… — Charles Fletcher Lummis
The only things in which we can be said to have any property are our actions. Our thoughts may be bad, yet produce no poison;… — Charles Caleb Colton
It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a… — James Madison
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good. — Luc de Clapiers
It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their… — James Madison
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. — Thucydides
Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want. — Albert Einstein
There are many self-help books by Ph.D.s, but I hold a different degree: an I.B.T.I.A.-I've Been Through It All. This degree comes not on parchment… — Joan Rivers
For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand. — Laura San Giacomo
I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS. But if that is helping others, I can at… — Rock Hudson
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses… — Lionel Barrymore
After rain comes sunshine; After darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there is no joy without its… — Obafemi Awolowo
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. — Arthur Rimbaud
If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept,… — Maxim Gorky
I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the luck or misfortune… — Ernest Hemingway

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