Top 1200 Good Fortune Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

[Would] a sensible man spit out the juicy morsel that good fortune put in his mouth?

If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.

The march of good fortune has backward slips: to retreat one or two paces gives wings to the jumper.

I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.

When we harness the natural force of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease.

I attribute my good fortune to the simple fact that I have always tried to write straight from my own heart to the hearts of others.

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.

We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

Anyone who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents.

Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I dont have to face him on Sunday.

The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up.

Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday.

Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.

Good places for aphorisms: in fortune cookies, on bumper stickers, and on banners flying over the Palace of Free Advice.

I had the good fortune to be in some movies when I was younger that, for whatever reason, people identified with or related with.

Science fiction writers aren't fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes.

The things you want professionally are opportunities. And through my good fortune that's what's happened. Opportunity has come to me.

Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

Donald J. Trump has the good fortune of taking office as the economy is finally recovering from the 2008 crisis.

It is virtue which should determine us in the choice of our friends, without inquiring into their good or evil fortune.

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.

I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.

I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably worried about that, unless their movie made a fortune. My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune. So yeah, it's scary.

She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.

A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as a life that is both agreeable and secure.

A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.

...you shouldn't hate something you don't know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.

Technologically we now have four [seven!] billion billionaires on board Spaceship Earth who are entirely unaware of their good fortune.

Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.

Granny knew all about bad fortune-telling. It was harder than the real thing. You needed a good imagination.

It's really the creature of my own making from top to bottom. I appreciate that. And the good fortune, the perseverance, having the stamina to stick around longer than everyone else even after people write you off - that's always been a good motivating force in my life.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction.

Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.

Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the beginning.

If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude.

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.

I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.

Most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don't have the courage or the good fortune to discover their potential.

For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

The human propensity is to believe that flukes of good fortune will never come to an end.

Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.

Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.

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.'

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.