Fortunate Quotes

905 quotes by 810 authors

Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds… — Paul Krugman
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose… — Napoleon Hill
Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have… — Saint Augustine
I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the… — Marian Wright Edelman
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson… — William James
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life,… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through. — Feist
I've been very fortunate and privileged as a player and manager - I've been successful and picked up a lot of knowledge and experience, — John Toshack
Roberto Clemente played the game of baseball with great passion. That passion could only be matched by his unrelenting commitment to make a difference in… — Manny Sanguillen
I've been very fortunate and I am grateful — Scott Baio
I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it's tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens. — Henry Cavill
We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should be handed from… — Christian Bale
I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. — Gregory Corso
Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I've heard the strange madness long growing in your soul. But you are fortunate in your ignorance, in… — Allen Ginsberg
And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away… — Ralph Fiennes
You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks… — Bill Paxton
I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around. — Samuel L. Jackson
I just feel so fortunate and so blessed to have been able to entertain people in the theatres and on record, it's just an amazing… — Doris Day
Just because no one has been fortunate enough to realize how wonderful you are, doesnt mean you shine any less. — Summer Glau

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