Quotes About Misfortune

it was an intimate bond between the men of that generation ... for nothing brings men close together than a common misfortune happily overcome.

The fortunate man is the one who cannot take more than a couple of drinks without becoming intoxicated. The unfortunate wight is the one who can take many glasses without betraying a sign; who must take numerous glasses in order to get the 'kick'.

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it.

The Crimean War is one of the bad jokes of history.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.

Character is a lack of doubt, character is stubbornly persevering in an intention no matter how senseless it is, character is a lack of imagination, character is inborn dullness, character is the misfortune of humanity.

But we're so desperate, aren't we, to believe that bad luck only happens to people who deserve it. People genuinely can't take it in that someone could die of cancer without bloody well smoking.

the wrong race and the wrong time.

But what did they protest? Inequality, which is the variety of God. Instability, which is the light of the universes. Uneasiness of mind, which is the soul of philosophy. Apparent injustices, which are the goad of the spirit. Vulnerability to life and other men, which is a charge to become invulnerable through Faith in God. The presence of suffering or misfortune—but these are a call for the soul to put on armor and serenity.

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune.

Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure.

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.

It's dangerous to start attributing your fortunes to luck and your misfortunes to fate.

Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault.

Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.

Bad luck relies on absolutely perfect timing.

More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.

Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.

Sure, I rose the wrong way today, I have had such damn'd ill luck every way.