Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

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
This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude. — Jean de la Bruyere
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. — Barry Humphries
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes. — Aristotle
Love makes life's sweetest pleasures and worst misfortunes. — Madeleine de Scudery
If you are blessed with great fortunes. . . you may love your fate. But your fate never guarantees the security of those great fortunes.… — Unknown Author
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
At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four years, who at… — Therese of Lisieux
Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune. — Unknown Author
Love makes the greatest pleasures and most sensitive misfortunes of life. — Madeleine de Scudery
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
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others… — Saadi
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
Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary,… — Pope John Paul II
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

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