Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I only know that I love you. That's your misfortune. — Margaret Mitchell
in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language… — Alexandre Dumas
It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. — Jules Verne
There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought… — Jodi Picoult
Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur. — Isabel Allende
…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck. — Louisa May Alcott
You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always… — Jeanne DuPrau
The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune. — Alexis de Tocqueville
For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. — Albert Camus
It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your… — Conan O'Brien
Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties. — Janette Rallison
Therefore the misfortune which comes to man as a result of the fact that he was a child is that his freedom was first concealed… — Simone de Beauvoir
When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in New Orleans. But… — Tim Wise
Misfortunes never come singly. — Anne Frank
Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.… — Marquis de Sade
If You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds… — Dale Carnegie
Blanche: No, I have the misfortune of being an English instructor. I attempt to instill a bunch of bobby-soxers and drugstore Romeos with a reverence… — Tennessee Williams
Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage… — Dean Koontz
There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill. — Nelson Mandela
The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to… — Philippa Gregory
Happy will be those who take a lesson and warning from the mistakes and misfortunes of others and seek, nevertheless, to adopt the good they… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi
The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance — Leonardo da Vinci
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

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