Our Misfortunes Quotes

18 quotes by 15 authors

We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster. — Deepak Chopra
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. — Madame de Stael
Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes! — Sophocles
All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we… — Jorge Luis Borges
God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply an inevitable consequence… — Harold S. Kushner
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. — Charles Caleb Colton
In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened. — Pierre Corneille
To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs. — Timothy Winter
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. — Stendhal
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes,… — Voltaire
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable… — Marjane Satrapi
A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have… — Jorge Luis Borges
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us — Voltaire
We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I am disposed to be thus particular from the interest you take in our welfare and from the entire confidence I have in your knowing,… — John Hawley
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their… — Solon

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