Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“...good fortune is not only good fortune, and over the years things happened in that family that caused some terrible regret. Still,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of… — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
All this [Paul's writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Scratch any fortune and you'll find blood only a generation or two back...child labor in mines or mills...Slavery. Drugs. Stock swindles. Wasting… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The heavens do not send good haps in handfuls; but let us pick out our good by little, and with care, from… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
I had the great good fortune to have Chuck Jones as a mentor and one of my first questions to him, was… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
“Fortune does us neither good nor hurt; she only presents us the matter and the seed, which our soul, more powerful than… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The Gauls were endowed with all the advantages of art and nature; but as they wanted courage to defend them, they were… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
I've been a regular customer at CVS Pharmacy, the country's second-largest drugstore chain, for 20 years. I've spent a small fortune there… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
The amount of poverty and suffering required for a Rockefeller to emerge, and the amount of depravity entailed in the accumulation of… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career.… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I've had the good fortune of having a long and varied career. Looking back, some might think things have been plain sailing… — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
Those lucky enough to qualify as "intellectuals" have their own special responsibilities, deriving from their good fortune. Among these is the task… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No matter the barbs of fate that frustrate you, no matter how stacked against you the cards of fortune. . . .… — Uell Stanley Andersen Copy Share Image
On 'Taxi,' I had the great fortune of directing many wonderful episodes, none more classic than Reverend Jim's driving test. It was… — James Burrows Copy Share Image
“AIDAN: The concept of fortune is nonsensical, but Kady is insisting I wish you both good luck anyway. AIDAN: So good luck,… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
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