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Misfortune Quotes (page 9)

Paul Auster quote: "what at first had seemed to be no more than a small bump in..."
what at first had seemed to be no more than a small bump in the road was turned into a full-scale misfortune Paul Auster
It is the same in life; the heart changes, and that is our worst misfortune; but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change. Lygiai taip gyvenime keiiasi ir ms irdis, ir tai skaudiausia; taiau patiriame t skausm tik skaitydami knygas, vaizduotje; tikrovje jos... Marcel Proust
Theodore Roosevelt quote: "The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a..."
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln quote: "A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a..."
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault. Abraham Lincoln
Neither the state guards nor the municipal police stopped me. What they saw going by was no longer a man but the curious product of misfortune, something to which laws could not be applied. I had exceeded the bounds of indecency. Jean Genet
Not under foreign skiesNor under foreign wings protected -I shared all this with my own peopleThere, where misfortune had abandoned us. Anna Akhmatova
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness. Edgar Rice Burroughs
There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher. Jodi Picoult
Margaret Mitchell quote: "I only know that I love you. That's your misfortune."
I only know that I love you. That's your misfortune. Margaret Mitchell
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred. Alexander Dumas
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble and mysterious triumphs that no eye sees, and no fame rewards, and no flourish of triumph salutes. Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields that have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes. Victor Hugo
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his..."
The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune. Friedrich Nietzsche
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune. Marcus Aurelius
Honore de Balzac quote: "Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in..."
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. Honore de Balzac
Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear, destroying at the same time the pleasure that they might enjoy. Giacomo Casanova

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