Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life.… — Hugh Jackman
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. — William James
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter… — Thomas Jefferson
Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there… — Samuel Johnson
Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza. — Franz Kafka
I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune… — Alphonse Karr
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children. — Sam Levenson
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. — James Russell Lowell
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities. — Harvey Mackay
A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our… — George Mason
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. — W. Somerset Maugham
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. — W. Somerset Maugham
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all… — Bryant H. McGill
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders… — Moliere
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. — Michel de Montaigne
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. — Christopher Morley
The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to… — Blaise Pascal
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. — Laurence J. Peter
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. — Marquis de Sade
Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is… — Marquis de Sade

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