(164 quotes found)
“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”
Aristotle
“Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
Napoleon Hill
“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
“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”
William James
“It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.”
Ulysses S. Grant
“Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.”
Dorothy Parker
“A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
Jane Austen
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
Charles Dickens
“To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
Oscar Wilde
“Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.”
Ovid
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