An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing. — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my… — Daniel Nathans 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
“You can be happy for someone else's good fortune but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A righteous government is of all the most to be wished for,Bearing of blessing and good fortune in the highest.Guided by the… — Zoroaster Copy Share Image
To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There is a widespread assumption that simply because my generation of women has the good fortune to live in a world touched… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
Many undoubtedly owe their good fortune to the circumstance that they possess a pleasing smile with which they win hearts. Yet these… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English… — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
When the sun sets like fire, I will think of you, when the moon casts its light, I'll remember, too, if a… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
“In some ways, we all are a bit like Pharaoh. When we’re riding high and on top of the world, we’re convinced… — Spencer C Demetros Copy Share Image
The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
You can now, if you choose, employ your present success to advantage, so as to keep what you have got and gain… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals. — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image