Good Fortune Quotes

... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.

I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

O how feeble is man's power, that if good fortune fall, cannot add another hour, nor a lost hour recall!

There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.

I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team. It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to the work of everyone.

Liev cares about a lot things. Israel is one of them. We had the good fortune of going there a couple of years ago. To share that experience with him was a great pleasure.

War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

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

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

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

The fact that I fell into this seemed more like a stroke of good fortune than hard work. Not to say that I didn't work hard, but it wasn't like, "I'm going to be a musician."

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

Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it.

I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.

I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune.

Exceptional results arrive only when exceptional people put in exceptional effort. It never arises by accident or good fortune.

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

If things are nice there is probably a good reason why they are nice: and if you do not know at least one reason for this good fortune, then you still have work to do.

For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.

Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.

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.

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.

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

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

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

I just felt my good fortune, and I also trust my love for the book, my love for the material, and my reverence for Stephen King.

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

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

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.

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

May good fortune be your constant companion.

the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.

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

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.

I actually had the good fortune to work with Nick Hoult on Mad Max in Africa, so we became really fast friends.

I often think how unfairly life's good fortune is sometimes distributed.

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

Good fortune has side effects.

Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.

... it was as if there were always some good fortune with me that would keep me from going hungry. I knew I would never die of hunger.

No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]

We must master our good fortune, or it will master us.

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.

The vulgar call good fortune that which really is produced by the calculations of genius.