A Quote by Laozi

Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.

Laozi

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Birth Fortune Gives Good Good Fortune Misfortune Root

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Laozi
Chinese - Philosopher
604 BC - 531 BC

Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. And in all misfortune is good fortune. It's never going to stay the same as long you are in the world or unless you die while you are alive and become an enlightened Zen Master. But those people don't exist. When you study their lives, you find that they had the same struggles as the rest of us. It's not so much about being able to always have calm. Calmness isn't just the absence of noise or troubles. It's being able to find calm within yourself when other stuff is going on.

Wayne Dyer

Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.

Philip Sidney

The people’s good fortune is my misfortune!

Max Stirner

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

Marcus Aurelius

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.

Marcus Aurelius

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

Janette Rallison

No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.

Publilius Syrus

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

Marcus Aurelius

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Marcus Aurelius

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

Socrates

The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to endure what comes. We have to learn to treat misfortune and great fortune with indifference. That is wisdom.

Philippa Gregory

CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.