Misfortune

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
Franz Kafka
Imagination
Misfortune
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James
Acceptance
Consequences
First
Misfortune
Overcoming
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James
Acceptance
Consequences
First
Misfortune
Overcoming
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Washington Irving
Misfortune
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill
Opportunity
Defeat
Misfortune
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
Alexander Herzen
Being
Blame
Dying
Fault
Misfortune
World
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
Lafcadio Hearn
Poetry
Destiny
Misfortune
Old
Sorrow
Woman
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.
Franz Grillparzer
Character
Misfortune
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
Ulysses S. Grant
Fortune
Misfortune
Office
Training
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Misfortune
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
Benjamin Disraeli
Calamity
Difference
Misfortune
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
James F. Cooper
Men
Fire
Liberty
Misfortune
Necessity
Order
Press
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.
Emile M. Cioran
Interest
Misfortune
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
Lord Chesterfield
Fathers
Misfortune
Sons
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?
Elias Canetti
People
Decision
Disaster
Eyes
Misfortune
Open