Personal Tragedy Quotes
14 quotes by 11 authors
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It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.
— Edward Abbey
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We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a…
— Mark Lawrence
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Ordinary people shy away form negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is…
— Ryan Holiday
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But it's a stigmatized problem, and it's a silent problem. This has to end. Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, it's a key issue…
— Bob Rae
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It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are…
— Albert Camus
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For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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I once asked a young dissertation writer whether her suddenly grayed hair was due to ill health or personal tragedy; she answered: “It was the…
— Joanna Russ
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It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into people's lives. This…
— Eckhart Tolle
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It is an unfortunate personal tragedy. However, when compared to the vast ocean of the collective tragedy faced by my people, my illness is merely…
— Anton Balasingham
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The abrupt and sudden death of my wife has taken a severe emotional and psychic toll on me. On top of that, some people have…
— Shashi Tharoor
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Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously.…
— Ernest Hemingway
Who Wrote These Personal Tragedy Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 14 Personal Tragedy Quotes as follows: