Quotes by Tragedy Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country. Seth Grahame-Smith tragedysufferingcountry If you become so frightened of realities that are not your own, if you take upon yourselves tragedies that do not exist in your reality, in your moment, then you weaken your position and weaken the position, of those you think you are helping. You look about you and you see only hopelessness and helplessness. You organize your reality according to the tragedies of the newspapers! Seth tragedyrealitythinking Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy. Seth Godin tragedywould-beart I had come to see that the great tragedy in the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor...I truly believe that when the rich meet the poor, riches will have no meaning. And when the rich meet the poor, we will see poverty come to an end. Shane Claiborne tragedychristianbelieve I couldn’t remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn’t put a book down, and that was a tragedy. Shannon Hale tragedynightbook But when you realize that the story of your life could be told a thousand different ways, that you could tell it over and over as a tragedy, but you choose to call it an epic, that's when you start to learn what celebration is. When what you see in front of you is so far outside of what you dreamed, but you have the belief, the boldness, the courage to call it beautiful instead of calling it wrong, that's celebration. Shauna Niequist epictragedybeautiful I enjoy reporting on triumph over tragedy. Shepard Smith triumphenjoytragedy Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. Sherrilyn Kenyon battlefightingtragedy We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences. Shin Kyung-sook tragedyherobeautiful The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts. Shirley Hazzard lastsconfusiontragedy The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about to die. Shirley Hazzard tragedylossnight Maybe the tragedy of the human race was that we had forgotten that we are each divine. Shirley MacLaine tragedyraceforgotten In our current state of human development it remains unclear whether we will correct one of life's greatest tragedies, namely, the inability to appreciate a blessing until it is lost. Shmuley Boteach appreciatetragedyblessing Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see you or care about you. Shirley Manson recordscaretragedy The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer. Signe Baumane composercomedytragedy We must believe, but we can't believe. Perhaps this is the tragedy that some of us see in Obama: a change we can believe in and the crushing realisation that nothing will change. Simon Critchley crushtragedybelieve The greatest tragedy in life is not death. The greatest tragedy is to be alive and not know why Simon T. Bailey alivetragedylife-is For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people. Simon Wiesenthal tragedylawpeople To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love. Simone de Beauvoir spacetragedygiving Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth. Sinclair Lewis carolsyouthtragedy«4243444546474849505152»
