“The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things”
Anne Sophie Swetchine
“It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.”
Buddha
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
Charles Dickens
“Misfortune was my god.”
Arthur Rimbaud
“Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.”
Lord Acton
“Misfortune was my god”
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
Henry Ford