Misfortunes Quotes

Misfortunes Quote of the day

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

Be good. This will make your angel happy. When sorrows and misfortunes, physical or spiritual, afflict you, turn to your guardian angel with strong trust and he will help you.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.

Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.

Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.

All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.

I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others.

Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been.

But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

Love makes the greatest pleasures and most sensitive misfortunes of life.

I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

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

In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]