Quotes about Misfortune
there is a point, moreover, at which the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confounded in a single word, Les Miserables; whose fault is it? And then, is it not when the fall is lowest that charity ought to be greatest?
- Victor Hugo
The pupil dilates in the night, and at last finds day in it, even as the soul dilates in misfortune, and at last finds God in it.
- Victor Hugo
People who are overwhelmed with troubles never do look back. They know only too well that misfortune follows in their footsteps.
- Victor Hugo
Here the sons of adversity meet the children of calamity, and here the children of calamity meet the offspring of sin.
- Herman Melville
Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.
- Seneca
Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.
- Barack Obama
People love to believe in danger, as long as it's you in harm's way, and them saying bless your heart.
- Barbara Kingsolver
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.
- George Washington
If the story of Joseph teaches us anything, it is this: we have a choice. We can wear our hurt or wear our hope. We can outfit ourselves in our misfortune, or we can clothe ourselves in God's providence. We can cave in to the pandemonium of
- Max Lucado
There are those who have made their fortunes on other people's misfortune. The Bible never promised that life would be fair.
- Billy Graham
Even Fortune herself has had an adverse fortune.
- St. Augustine