Quotes about Misfortune

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My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)] — Stephen Hawking
That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortun — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. — P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves!
Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back — P.G. Wodehouse, Mike and Psmith
Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better. — Matshona Dhliwayo
[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel — Christine de Pizan, Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc
For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that i — Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
Death always knew how to connect vice with misfortune. — Jindřich Štyrský, Emilie přichází ke mně ve snu
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom w — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein
No one is adequate to comprehending the misery of my lot! Fate obliges me to be constantly in movement: I am not permitt — Matthew Lewis, The Monk
Pray for God's mercy in the moment of misfortune. — Lailah Gifty Akita
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse — Sheri S. Tepper, The Visitor
Ignorance actually limits God from intervening in the misfortunes of our personal lives and that of our society. — Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance
The main reason of fear of failure lies in people’s being unaware of the impact of misfortune on achieving success — Sunday Adelaja
Don't let the mist of circumstances block your imagination and stop you from making new beginnings. — Balroop Singh, When Success Eludes...A Step by Step Guide To Success
I had tried, as best I could, to forget the people who had said they loved me, and I had been able to do so only by repl — Wesley Stace, Misfortune
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune — William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the — Bernard Beckett, Genesis
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise ab — Washington Irving
We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana