Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength. — Margaret of Valois
Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals… — Eric Hoffer
Keep your misfortunes to yourself. — William Hazlitt
When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her. — John Dryden
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable… — Henry Fielding
Are you conscious of the restful influence which the stars exert? To me they are the most soothing things in Nature. I am proud to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all. — Christopher Marlowe
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. — Stendhal
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A compassionate willingess is required - as is the courage to live before the fact, before the understanding, before any rational support or certainty, to… — Clark Moustakas
Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair... — Martin Seligman
Finding temporary and specific causes for misfortune is the art of hope: Temporary causes limit helplessness in time, and specific causes limit helplessness to the… — Martin Seligman
Every living thing is, from the cosmic perspective, incredibly lucky simply to be alive. Most, 90 percent and more, of all the organisms that have… — Daniel Dennett
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do. — Boyd K. Packer
So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to the master… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed… — Rachel Carson
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the road… — Luther Burbank
After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Your fortune is misfortune if it is not Love. — Silent lotus
To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder… — Gideon Welles
The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, . . . when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man… — Rachel Carson
True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a part… — Wilferd Peterson

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