192 Quotes About Misfortune

It is unwise, and potentially dangerous, to enjoy the misfortunes of others.

Because misfortune does not wait idly by until we are prepared for it.

Sometimes misfortune brings opportunity

We must be ready... to take the rough with the smooth. We must have spirits so constant that we can derive from misfortune added strength, and if we are cheered by victory, we are also inspired to greater efforts by rebuffs. We cannot tell how long the road will be. We only know that it will be stony, painful, and uphill, and that we shall march along it to the end.

It's fictitious to believe that we can intuitively navigate misfortune with the inherent skills we've come into the world with.

When I was young I lived a constant storm,Though now and then the brilliant suns shot through,So in my garden few red fruits were born,The rain and thunder had so much to do.- The Enemy

We all fulfill our quota of misfortune at some point in our life. This is what I believed as a ten-year-old. It was a belief system of my own creation, part of a silent theory based on fairness and balance. I believed that some reached their quota early and advanced to a life of access and abundance, while others had beginnings filled with open doors and opportunities until they were met with their share of misfortune.

I'm as lucky as a bed of oysters on cioppino night.

Mistake is never a misfortune.