There is something about tragedies that make us appreciate life more. It could be the reminder of how short life can be, or how we should never take loved ones for granted. Whatever it is, these quotes about tragedy will remind you to live your life to the fullest. After all, we never know when our time might be up.

The best tragedy quotes

1. Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy. — Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Hegemon

2. Tragedy had its compensations. Once the worst misfortune occurred one never worried about the minor ones. — Mildred Davis

3. Was that tragedy? Or was that comedy? Was there really any difference? — Orson Scott Card, Enchantment

4. The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not. — Vance Havner

5. If you let tragedy change you, You have already lost. — Nikki Rowe

6. Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. — Robert Kennedy

7. Whatever the response to loss and tragedy, the experience seems to boil down to one journey––searching for Jesus. — W. Scott Lineberry

8. 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

9. A writer’s tragedy: to know all the words and nothing else. — Marty Rubin

10. Gerald: I suppose society is wonderfully delightful!  LORD ILLINGWORTH: To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it simply a tragedy. — Oscar Wilde

11. When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. — Monica Bellucci

12. The path of memory is neither straight or safe, and we travel down it at our risk. — Neil Gaiman, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch

13. The fundamental tragedy about life is that those who possess it often are not aware of its value. — Sunday Adelaja

14. Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. — W B Yeats

15. What we did see was that jealousy is fear: it can corrode even if quite baseless. — Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph

16. My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life. — Michael Sheen

17. …it struck her, this was tragedy––not palls, dust, and the shroud; but children coerced, their spirits subdued. — Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

18. Life is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. To be alive means to have a sense of humor. — Rajneesh

19. The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out. — Walter Scott

20. The ultimate tragedy of Birmingham was not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence of the good people. — Martin Luther King Jr.

21. The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability. — William Feather

22. Would I always look back on this moment with regret, no matter which choice I made? — Nicole R. Locker, Tragedy and Desire

23. Tragedy had its compensations. Once the worst misfortune occurred one never worried about the minor ones. — Mildred Davis

24. The search for Jesus is about reconciling loss and tragedy to God and us. — W. Scott Lineberry

25. To believe with certainty, somebody said, one has to begin by doubting. — Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph

26. That would be a tragedy, but a tragedy of his own making. — joe biden

27. Life is a tragedy. so, walk through it with a dam SMILE — chefPrayas

28. The bad end unhappily; the good, unluckily. That is what tragedy means. — Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

29. The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection. — Morton Feldman

30. Was that tragedy? Or was that comedy? Was there really any difference? — Orson Scott Card, Enchantment

31. America is so rich and fat, because it has eaten the tragedy of millions of immigrants. — Michael Gold

32. A great tragedy is occurring. Millions of people are dying prematurely. These people are killing themselves and they don’t even know it. — Tim Loy

33. The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints. — Plo Lumumba

34. The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it’s over. — Nicholas Sparks, Nights in Rodanthe

35. Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. — Sherrilyn Kenyon, Infinity

36. The extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world. — Theodore Roosevelt

37. The greatest tragedy with a sceptic is that he cannot consign himself to truth, however he may see it. — Raheel Farooq

38. Comedies are fit for common wits: But to present a kingly troop withal, Give me a stately–written tra — Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy

39. Asking ‘why’ only makes us feel hopeless. Asking ‘how’ points the way forward, and shows us what we must do — Sue Klebold, A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

40. Natural disasters happen from time to time but poverty happens all the time and therefore poverty is the greatest tragedy, it is the greatest disaster of mankind! — Mehmet Murat ildan

41. To George F. Babbitt, as to most prosperous citizens of Zenith, his motor car was poetry and tragedy, love and heroism. — Sinclair Lewis

42. Donald trump will leave congress, in my view, no choice but to initiate impeachment. that would be a tragedy, but a tragedy of donald trump own making. — joe biden

43. So many other things for us to see, Things to be, Our history so full of tragedy and misery. — Tupac Shakur

44. Life is not a tragedy, it is a comedy. To be alive means to have a sense of humor. — Rajneesh

45. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

46. Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille. — Napoleon Bonaparte

47. I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. — Oscar Wilde

48. Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. — W B Yeats

49. The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy but that it is a bore. — H. L. Mencken

50. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conclusion

Tragedy is a part of life, but it doesn’t have to define us. Quotes about tragedy can give us strength, courage, and the resolve to persevere in the face of adversity. We can use them to remind ourselves that we are not alone in our suffering, and that we can find comfort in the words of others who have gone through similar experiences. With the right words, tragedy can be a catalyst for growth, change, and resilience.