Misfortunes Quotes - Page 10

• I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.

  Robert E. Lee

  War, Doors, Shadow

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• The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism. It doubtless satisfies my only legitimate aspiration. Among all the many misfortunes to which we are heir, it is only fair to admit that we are allowed the greatest degree of freedom of thought. It is up to us not to misuse it. To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery-even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness-is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself.

  André Breton

  Mean, Justice, Imagination

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• The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is better to retreat a yard." This is called going forward without advancing, pushing back without using weapons. There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy. Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil. Thus you destroy your three treasures and become an enemy yourself. When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.

  Laozi

  Moverse, Significar, Pensar

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• This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.

  Simon Armitage

  Karma

  Simon Armitage (2011). “The Death of King Arthur”, p.62, Faber & Faber

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• No terminaría nunca si os hablara de todas las desgracias que tienen su origen en el porte defectuoso del cuerpo. Todos estos defectos, mortificantes para quienes los han contraído, no pueden remediarse sino en sus primeras etapas. Un hábito nacido en la infancia se fortalece en la juventud, se arraiga profundamente en la edad adulta y es incurable en la vejez.

  Jean-Georges Noverre

  Infancia, Ballet, Edad

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• When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities. There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.

  Laozi

  Country, Fear, Cities

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• Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.

  Barack Obama

  People, Pro Life, Together

  Segundo discurso de investidura presidencial, pronunciado el 21 de enero de 2013, Washington, D.C.

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• A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen of a prosperous city, he is much more likely to recover. Seeing, then, that States can bear the misfortunes of individuals, but individuals cannot bear the misfortunes of States, let us all stand by our country.

  Tucídides

  País, Éxito, Hombres

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• Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Sadness, whether it be from bereavement, or disappointment, or misfortune of any kind may linger on through life

  James De Mille

  Disappointment, Sadness, Long

  James De Mille (2015). "Un extraño manuscrito hallado en un cilindro de cobre", p.108, Booklassic.

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• Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.

  Socrates

  Vida, Éxito, Educación

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• A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

  Hesíodo

  Blessing, Neighbor, Good Neighbor

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• Oh tú que te quejas a la gente de tus desgracias, ¿de qué te servirá quejarte a las criaturas? Ellas no pueden traerte ni beneficio ni daño. Si os apoyáis en ellas y asociáis socios al Señor de la Verdad, os alejarán de Él, os harán caer en Su desagrado.

  Abdul-Qadir Gilani

  Wisdom, Islamic, Fall

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• Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

  Publius Attius Varus

  Men, Fame, He Man

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• It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

  Sófocles

  Men, Good Man, Tasks

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• What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!

  Sófocles

  Fate, Blame, Knows

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• For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

  Laura San Giacomo

  Hands, Needs, Fortune

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Dicen: los sufrimientos son desgracias", dijo Pierre. Pero si en este mismo instante me preguntaran si seguiría siendo lo que era antes de ser hecho prisionero, o si volvería a pasar por todo eso, diría: por el amor de Dios, prefiero ser prisionero y erat carne de caballo otra vez. Nos imaginamos que en cuanto nos arrancan de nuestro camino habitual todo ha terminado, pero es sólo el comienzo de algo nuevo y bueno. Mientras haya vida, habrá felicidad. Hay mucho, muchísimo ante nosotros.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Taken, Long, Suffering

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• There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.

  Alejandro Dumas

  Creer, Gente, Imposible

  Alexandre Dumas, David Coward (2008). “The Man in the Iron Mask”, p.357, Oxford University Press

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• There are no moments more painful for a parent than those in which you contemplate your child's perfect innocence of some imminent pain, misfortune, or sorrow. That innocence (like every kind of innocence children have) is rooted in their trust of you, one that you will shortly be obliged to betray; whether it is fair or not, whether you can help it or not, you are always the ultimate guarantor or destroyer of that innocence.

  Michael Chabon

  Children, Pain, Parenting

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• La mayoría de las personas están dispuestas a tirar por la borda sus objetivos y propósitos, y se rinden a la primera señal de oposición o desgracia. Unos pocos siguen adelante A PESAR DE toda oposición, hasta alcanzar su objetivo. Estos pocos son los Ford, los Carnegie, los Rockefeller y los Edison. Puede que la palabra persistencia no tenga una connotación heroica, pero esta cualidad es para el carácter del hombre lo que el carbono es para el acero.

  Napoleon Hill

  Giving Up, Character, Persistence

  Napoleon Hill (2012). "Napoleon Hill Collection", p.113, Penguin.

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• Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which thenselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered.

  Thomas Pynchon

  Prayer, Fall, Godly

  Thomas Pynchon (2012). “V.”, p.219, Penguin

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• In the beginning was belief, foolish belief, and faith, empty faith, and illusion, the terrible illusion. ... We believed in God, had faith in man, and lived with the illusion that in each one of us is a sacred spark from the fire of the shekinah, that each one carried in his eyes and in his soul the sign of God. This was the source—if not the cause—of all our misfortune.

  Elie Wiesel

  Eye, Men, Fire

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• Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people near me, and to be a human being among human beings, and remain one forever, no matter what misfortunes befall, not to become depressed, and not to falter – this is what life is, herein lies its task.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Brother, Lying, People

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• La vida siempre nos da exactamente el maestro que necesitamos en cada momento. Esto incluye cada mosquito, cada desgracia, cada semáforo en rojo, cada atasco, cada supervisor (o empleado) detestable, cada enfermedad, cada pérdida, cada momento de alegría o depresión, cada adicción, cada trozo de basura, cada respiración. Cada momento es el gurú.

  Joko Beck

  Inspiración, Vida, Depresión

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• Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.

  Alejandro Dumas

  Men, Generous Man, Hatred

  Alexandre Dumas (1981). “The Count of Monte Cristo”

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