Misfortunes Quotes

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good.

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.