Misfortune Quotes


Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere, but will only give you restlessness. - Unknown



Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss. - George Mason



With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. - Simone Weil



With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. - Pliny The Elder



Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. - Ovid



Wherever you are, death will overtake you, though you are in lofty towers, and if a benefit comes to them, they say: This is from Allah; and if a misfortune befalls them, they say: This is from you. Say: All is from Allah, but what is the matter with these people that they do not make approach to understanding what is told (them)? / Whatever benefit comes to you (O man!), it is from Allah, and whatever misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself, and We have sent you (O Prophet!), to mankind as an apostle; and Allah is sufficient as a witness. - Quran



When you think you're living the perfect life, something bad tends to happen between the perfect moments. - Wazim Shaw



When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth. - Persian Proverb



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