Quotes About Fortune

He almost forgot all about the horse poop until a horse went by and did just that, though not on one of the Aldens' squares. The crowd cheered as the horse went past. Benny noticed that they didn't seem to care whose square was lucky. Everyone was just happy the poop was on a square. A

And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate.

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.

I have always worked hard. The only thing missing was a smile from Lady Luck.

I've had a life where things have worked out for me beyond my wildest dreams, and my brother's had just the opposite.

I basically left Texas with no money. I was making $3.50 working in some mall, so I didn't have a lot of cash. I took $1,000 and headed to California. Along the way I stopped in Vegas because I had always wanted to see Caesar's Palace. So I stopped there and won $2,500 on a slot machine! It was amazing.

The top end are still making bucket loads while maintaining the illusion of the American dream: that if you work hard enough, you can make a fortune. Meanwhile, the working and middle classes have been hollowed out of the system.

Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.

I try to live every day and realize that there are so many folks working hard to try to get to where I am and how fortunate that I am.

It's just staying focused and working hard; that's all I've ever done. I was fortunate enough that things worked out for me. It doesn't happen all the time, but I don't let bumps in the road throw me off course.

I've had an enormously privileged working life.

Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.

The universe works in crazy ways. Your good luck will come in waves, and so does your bad, so you have to take the good with the bad and press forward.

Every player dreams of winning the World Cup, and there are very few who are fortunate enough to actually do it.

For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I've had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I'll never forget either feeling.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time.

It's not the moment yet for me to enjoy my time as an actor, and as the time goes by, I feel that I need to push myself harder to pay back for all the good fortune that I have received.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

God has blessed me many times. I had some great genetics.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

Making a breakthrough at the big clubs, a lot of it is down to luck with your timing.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.