Calm Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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…

— Napoleon Hill

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of…

— Rebecca Solnit

“All the greatest blessings are a source of anxiety, and at no time should fortune be less trusted than when it is best; to…

— Seneca

Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they…

— Plutarch

Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

— Aristotle

Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.

— Nancy Gibbs

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca