Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us. — Emile M. Cioran
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes… — Walter Anderson
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. — Aesop
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. — Pliny the Elder
Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a… — Christopher Reeve
Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences. — Walter Alston
Misfortunes make us wise. — Mary Norton
Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck. — Og Mandino
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect. It is a misfortune not… — Henry Ward Beecher
The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no… — Theodore Dwight Weld
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant… — Sun Tzu
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take… — Sun Tzu
Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most direct and to… — Sun Tzu
We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this connection is the… — Carl von Clausewitz
. . . The books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of… — Franz Kafka
During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us,… — Philip Neri
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well. — Louis Kronenberger
The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the… — Benjamin Franklin
The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he can afflict our… — Martin Luther
You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the… — Adolf Hitler
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime — Christian Nestell Bovee
Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon… — Henry David Thoreau
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill… — Khalil Gibran
Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt. — Jonathan Swift
Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. — Alphonse Karr

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