Conditions Quote by Norm MacDonald

It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity.

— Bertrand Russell

It seems to me, Monsieur, that there is nothing more galling in great physical misfortunes than to be compelled to make all those about…

— Charlotte Bronte

“Such it is for those in the grips of misfortune: declarations of support and sympathy, rather than providing comfort, may merely increase the victim's…

— Osamu Dazai

“There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. To have lost one's self-respect: that is what unhappiness is.…

— Thomas Mann

The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.

— Luc de Clapiers

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair...

— Martin Seligman

The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.

— Francois Guizot

Hardship And Misfortune May Be Unpleasant, But They Can Sometimes Have A Beneficial Effect On The Character, Especially When People Fail To Appreciate The…

— Pacifiersucker

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our…

— Susie Orbach

Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.

— George Stillman Hillard

Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

— Jon M. Huntsman Sr

“The misfortune we sometimes view as punishment is really just the natural result of our poor judgment; but it is easier for us to…

— Debbie Gilliland