Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than… — Eddie Rickenbacker
Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind,… — Jane Addams
It is not... That some people do not know what to do with truth when it is offered to them, But the tragic fate is… — William Osler
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston. — Ben Affleck
He's the best of us. The best of our best, the best that each of us will ever build or ever love. So pray for… — John Steakley
You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but only the last… — Ayn Rand
The most difficult task, phase-out over the next 20-25 years of coal use that does not capture COâ‚‚, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared with… — James Hansen
For those who need a name, there's a gift basket of medical terms. All I know is cutting made me feel safe. It was proof.… — Gillian Flynn
The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most. — Erich Fromm
Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic! — Joseph Bayly
A tragic mistake that is often made is to assume that the will of God is bound to be something very dull and uninviting, if… — Emmet Fox
If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched. — Erika Slezak
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society… — Barack Obama
It is tragic-comic to see that all this knowledge and understanding exercises no power at all over men's lives, that their lives do not express… — Soren Kierkegaard
The (capital punishment) controversy passes the anarch by. For him, the linking of death and punishment is absurd. In this respect, he is closer to… — Ernst Junger
I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his… — Arthur Miller
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It… — Ansel Adams
It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. — Jimmy Carter
There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating. — Louis Leakey
The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for this is obvious… — Bill Mollison
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art takes us and… — Toni Morrison
Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the… — Zig Ziglar
If a fish is born in your aquarium and you call him John, write out a birth certificate, tell him about his family history, and… — Eckhart Tolle
You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that… — Pema Chodron

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