Quote by Samuel Butler

“Was there always to be someone who, by comparison, made your circumstances seem fortunate?”

— Stephen P. Kiernan

“Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself".”

— Anonymous

“But fortunate means that a man has assigned to himself a good fortune: and a good fortune is good disposition of the soul, good…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.”

— Virgil

“we should pity those who are jealous of us because it's not their fault they were born less fortunate than ourselves.”

— Katrina Kahler

“He was poor and foolish and people will always have a place in their hearts for the harmless.”

— Tim Winton

“How was it that I could be so successful, so fortunate, and yet so frustratingly unfulfilled?”

— Bob P. Buford

“There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common.”

— Seneca

“But luck withered by conservative, tired, riskless living can be plumped up again--after all, it was only a bit thirsty for something to do.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Fortunate circumstances do not equate to high principles.”

— R.A. Salvatore

“Fortunate people will never understand hardship. Hardship only understands by unfortunate ones.”

— Leishort

“Some people have luck, and everything comes out right with them; others have none, and never a thing turns out fortunately.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky