Good Fortune Quotes

283 quotes by 242 authors

I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this… — Marcus Aurelius
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. — Jane Austen
I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting… — Birch Bayh
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. — Joseph Addison
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus
I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give… — Giacomo Casanova
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. — Miguel de Cervantes
A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it. — Julie Andrews
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast… — Mark Twain
In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. — Benjamin Disraeli
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can… — Benjamin Franklin
He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to… — Celia Thaxter
Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning. — Thomas A. Edison
Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this… — Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is always a choice. You can't wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune. So look for ways… — Joel Osteen
What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate. — John Kenneth Galbraith

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