Quotes About Fortune

Peter's a lucky man except in one respect, he doesn't seem to know how lucky he is.

In a life filled with great good fortune of health, of creativity, of friends, living in safety and privilege with the loving partner. There was just one bit of misfortune in his life and that was that Peter Morrow seemed to have no idea how very fortunate he was.

Peter's a lucky man," he said. "Except in one respect. He doesn't seem to know how lucky he is.

There's no bad luck, There's just the luck you've found.

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.

We all praise fidelity; but the true friend pays the penalty when he supports those whom Fortune crushes.

Human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope, and that any one who can make these serve his ends may be sure of rapid fortune.

These ambitious scoundrels were quite devoid of scruples, and they had now joined forces; it could not escape their penetration that human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope and that anyone who can make these serve his ends may be sure of a rapid fortune.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Those whom fortune has never favoured are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Ming Dynasty porcelain, Mao jackets, cheap toys and electrical goods, everything, though not pot-stickers, or crispy duck and pancakes and sweet and sour pork and fortune cookies, the fact that she never ate her fortune cookie though, just opened it to see her fortune.

In a capitalist society one can hold on to one's fortune only if one perpetually acquires it anew by investing it wisely.

Omul este întotdeauna înclinat s?-È™i pun? norocul pe seama propriei sale eficienÈ›e È™i s?-l ia drept o binemeritat? recompens? a talentelor, aplicaÈ›iei È™i probit??ii sale. Dar întoarcerile norocului le pune întotdeauna pe seama altora È™i, mai ales, pe seama absurdit??ii instituÈ›iilor sociale È™i politice.

With all production, employment, and distribution of output completely under the monopoly control of the State, the fate and fortune of every individual would be at the mercy of the political authority.

What if we did get so lucky that we're due for something terrible?

Life was what happened when all the what-if's didn't, when what you dreamed or hoped or—in this case—feared might come to pass passed by instead. Alex had spent enough nights thinking of good fortune, of how it was thin as a veil, how seamlessly you might stream from one side to the other.

Remember, there's sacrifice invovled in any kind of life. Even the man who chooses the safe way has to give up the thrill of combat. The point is that once you know what you want, you must be prepared to sacrifice everything to get it. Those who realize this are the fortunate ones. Those who know and can try. What more can a man as kfor than that?