#misfortunes

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#gratefulness #misfortunes #reflection #men

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. ↗

— Walter Anderson

#although #am #attitude #darken #happening

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. ↗

— A. C. Benson

#life #losses #misfortunes #sorrows #worst

The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition. ↗

— Eliza Haywood

#contemplating #happy #his #hit #indulging

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#before #comes #evil #expecting #foolish

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#misfortunes #mode #others #thought

The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter. ↗

— Gideon Welles

#been #brighter #errors #heart #hopes

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#misfortunes #love

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ↗

— Aesop

#derive #misfortunes #others #unhappy

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#children #labours #make #misfortunes #more