Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live… — Russell Lynes
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. — Unknown Author
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune. — Plato
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they… — Plato
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. — Austin O'Malley
Never find your delight in another's misfortune. — Publilius Syrus
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who… — Plato
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. — Sophocles
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. — Hesiod
Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Sadness, whether it be from bereavement, or disappointment, or misfortune… — James De Mille
Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. — Barack Obama
When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are… — Laozi
This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. — Simon Armitage
The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is… — Laozi
The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and… — Martin Seligman
It ought to be considered a great misfortune, not only for individuals, but also for Houses and Congregations, to have everything in conformity with their… — St. Vincent
It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite… — Grover Cleveland
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds,… — Sakya Pandita
I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring… — Robert E. Lee
In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes it pleased Thee… — Ludwig van Beethoven
I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books… — Alan Kay
The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. — Grover Cleveland
Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. — Hosea Ballou

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