Misfortunes Quotes
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Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.
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Happiness or misfortune are prescribed by law of Heaven, but their source comes from ourselves.
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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.
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If people have nothing to brag about, they brag about their misfortunes.
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I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves.
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He took his misfortune like a man - he blamed it on his wife.
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The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.
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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
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I do a TV show about a priest in London, and he is also slightly beleaguered and is subject to fate and misfortune and daily difficulty.
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There are so many people who make their fortunes of the misfortunes of others. I don't know if it's because the world is too damn crowded, or what, but it's something that I've been noticing for awhile.
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All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
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Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
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I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.
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Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.
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Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.
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But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
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O you who complain to people about your misfortunes, what good will it do you to complain to creatures? They can bring you neither benefit nor harm. If you rely on them and associate partners with the Lord of the Truth, they will make you distant from Him, cause you to fall into His displeasure.
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Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune.
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You have no idea how much of the inefficiency of mankind comes from thinking about the wrong-doings of others, and of ourselves. There is nothing more miserable than to feel that by some mistake in life you have not amounted to what you might have, and that your misfortunes all hinge on that mistake.
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Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.
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Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.
