Action Quote by Sri Chinmoy

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

— Epicurus

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on… He who, without friends to encourage or even…

— Oliver Goldsmith

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.

— Bias of Priene

“[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by…

— Christine de Pizan

Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to…

— Simone Weil

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

— Anonymous

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

— Jean de La Fontaine

... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but…

— Henry de Montherlant

If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons…

— Suzy Kassem

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their…

— Cormac McCarthy

“No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.”

— Virgil