Quotes About Fortune

So much of people's fortune, good or bad, depends upon how they choose to fall in love.

It is something of a tragedy for young girls of good family that they cannot carry on a love-affair in a simple, straightforward way, in secret, below their station if need be, as do their sisters of humbler origin, who can place their affections wherever they wish without risk of misdirecting a family fortune or making a 'bad match'.

Why'd you give him all that stuff after he tried to rob me?" "Because he was less fortunate than us, Natty. And Daddy always said that we have to be mindful of those who are less fortunate." "But Daddy killed people, didn't he?" "Yes," I admitted. "Daddy was complex.

Marx was fortunate because he saw everything as if it were a fortuitous bounty.

En Sam sempre havia dit que en Marx era la persona més afortunada que havia conegut mai: tenia sort amb els amants, a la feina, en l'aspecte físic, en la vida. Però com més coneixia en Marx, més pensava la Sadie que en Sam no havia entès la veritable naturalesa de la bona fortuna d'en Marx. En Marx era afortunat perque ho veia tot com una riquesa fortuita.

Sam used to say that Marx was the most fortunate person he had ever met—he was lucky with lovers, in business, in looks, in life. But the longer Sadie knew Marx, the more she thought Sam hadn't truly understood the nature of Marx's good fortune. Marx was fortunate because he saw everything as if it were a fortuitous bounty.

Sam hadn't truly understood the nature of Marx's good fortune. Marx was fortunate because he saw everything as if it were a fortuitous bounty.

I stort sett allt som är dåligt här i livet är en följd av dålig tajming, medan allt som är bra är en följd av bra tajming (s. 114).

and I'll tell you, pretty much every bad thing in life is a result of bad timing, and every good thing is the result of good timing." "That

It is always hard to leave a home a drama a way of life a life. So I sat there warm and safe that night held by the sea and a good man and my own good fortune victim and witness to all the transitory sweetness like Gatsby's dreams that stood before and behind me.

If you have too much good luck when you are young," Mah-mee said, "there won't be any luck left for when you are old.

What is given by the gods more desirable than the fortunate hour?

sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

Gift of the Real Estate Gods.

The reason, according to Fortune, was that Six Sigma got in the way of innovation. Too much energy was spent cutting defects to 3.4 per million, and not enough energy was expended developing new product ideas.

Lucky come Hawai'i." History

about our origins, our destiny, and our place in the universe. We have no right to expect answers; we have no right to even ask. But ask and wonder we do. Human Universe is first and foremost a love letter to humanity; a celebration of our outrageous fortune

Their humility stopped them from seeking fame or fortune because their love of country sparked their exploits.

What will happen, will happen.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Your blessings and your curses often come in the same package.

Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

When I saw all those other drivers, I realized that they wanted to win that money just as much as I did. But I didn't have to worry. A tire came off my car and I was lucky I got it off the track.