Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!
A tendancy to melancholy. . . let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment.
The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.
A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.
…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.
Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect. It is a misfortune not unlike blindness.
We have all been beaten! Each one has to bear his misfortune! Resign yourself!
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.
It ought to be considered a great misfortune, not only for individuals, but also for Houses and Congregations, to have everything in conformity with their wishes; to go on quietly, and to suffer nothing for the love of God. Yes, consider it certain that a person or a Congregation that does not suffer and is applauded by all the world is near a fall.
I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong. . . not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.
We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.
He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of 'nothing attempted, nothing gained' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
Misfortune is mostly an awkwardness!
Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.
Don’t you know that you are all my life to me?. . . But peace I do not know, and can’t give to you. My whole being, my love. . . yes! I cannot think about you and about myself separately. You and I are one to me. And I do not see before us the possibility of peace either for me or for you. I see the possibility of despair, misfortune. . . or of happiness-what happiness!. . . Is it impossible?" Vronksy
Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.
Misfortune may become fortune through patience.