Misfortunes Quotes
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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.
Catullus -
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
Honore de Balzac
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Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.
George Stillman Hillard -
During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
Norm MacDonald -
Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
Elizabeth Gaskell -
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.
Russell Baker -
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.
Abdul-Qadir Gilani -
It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.
Gautama Buddha