“For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college. — Dante Hall Copy Share Image
You will find the most pronounced hatred of other nations on the lowest cultural levels. There is, though, a level where the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I think, because I've been working for a while, I've been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity… — Cyrus the Great Copy Share Image
Fortune's wheel takes you very high and then throws you very low, and there is nothing you can do but face the… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Feminism wasn’t supposed to make us miserable. It was supposed to make us free; to give women the power to shape their… — Debora Spar Copy Share Image
My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human. — Ihara Saikaku 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
If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Look at the studio filled with glamorous merchandise. Fabulous and exciting bonus prizes. Thousands of dollars in cash. Over $150,000 just waiting… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality… — Michelle Ryan Copy Share Image
One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor - backed… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune. — Lew Wallace Copy Share Image
I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Donald J. Trump has the good fortune of taking office as the economy is finally recovering from the 2008 crisis. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
