Top 1200 Good Fortune Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

There is no fortune so good that you can find nothing in it to complain of.

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.

The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune; His jewels are his good children.

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

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

One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

Acknowledge your good fortune by sharing it.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.

It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

You know sometimes football turns on the slightest biscuit of good fortune.

For lots of people who became rich, they believe they earned their fortune through hard work. They don't think about society and only want to leave their fortune to their children.

I try to give back some of the good fortune that I've received.

To me there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.

I've had an awful lot of good fortune.

We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.

Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.

What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]

It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.

Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.

May good fortune be your constant companion.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

The permanency of most friendships depends upon the continuity of good fortune.

My greatest fortune was that I was ordered to take up art for the good of my health

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

One good idea is all you need to start a fortune.

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.

It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands

An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.

I had the good fortune and the gift to be one of the 12 men to walk on the moon.

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.

A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain. [Fr., Centre fortune, la diverse un chartier rompit nazardes son fouet.]

A salesman called on my wife the other day and tried to sell her a freezer. You'll save a fortune on your food bills, he promised. I can't tell you how much you'll save. It'll be tremendous. Said my wife: I'm sure you're right, but we're already saving a fortune with our new car by not taking the bus. We're saving a fortune with our new washing machine by not sending out the laundry. We're saving a fortune with our new dishwasher by giving up the maid. The plain truth is that right now we just can't afford to save any more!

I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

It is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession.