Quotes about Tragedy

You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much to me. My father is gone.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh

It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bi...ed from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.

The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered because they go unasked.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death but life without a purpose—life with the wrong priorities. Life's greatest challenge is in knowing what to do. The greatest mistake in life is to be busy but not effective. Life's greatest failure is to be successful in the wrong assignment. Success in life is measured by the effective use of one's time.

greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life that never realized its full potential.