Quotes About Fortune

Los ricos siempre se encariñan, cuando son ricos, por el lugar donde antes han sido pobres. Parece ser esta la mejor manera de demostrar su cambio de posición y fortuna y el más viable procedimiento para sentirse felices al ver que otros que eran pobres siguen siendo pobres a pesar del tiempo.

What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on

As Francis Bacon remarked, quoting from a speech by the Stoic philosopher Seneca, "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

alea is the class that includes all games of chance, from dice to bingo;

MY NEWEST FAVORITE QUOTE •As you stir in thought, winds begin to howl, •As you smile, waves of love lap upon eternal beaches, •As you speak, the floodgates of abundance and good fortune begin to tremble, and •As you dream, the stars realign. This is your life. Your power. Know it to use it. Begin today.

Good things could happen to not so bad people.

My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky either your relationship works or it doesn't.

Our good fortunes allowed us to feel a sadness our parents didn't have time for, and a happiness that I never saw with them.

Különös az, ha nagy szerencse éri az embert, hogy az els? vágya (mert vágya még mindig marad, ha minden vágya betelt is) a közlés; a harsonákat szeretné megfúvatni, heroldok kiáltsák ki a nagy esetet, hallja az egész világ.

Big Ma didn't need to say any more and she didn't. T.J. was far from her favorite person and it was quite obvious that Stacey and I owed our good fortune entirely to T.J.'s obnoxious personality.

Tesko onome kome dukate u kesi pojedu bakrenjaci i kome noc pojede dane.

I really ought to send him some money, but, honestly, he doesn't need it. He has that sweet Despicable Me money.

Happy is the heart of the king when gifts come to him. And when every foreign land [comes], that is our success, that is our fortune. What shall we do about it ? All is ruin!

Poor men have become men of wealth, He who could not afford sandals owns riches.

And there would be more partings, more losses, more wounds, over and over, again and again. He could change his destiny a hundred times, and each time another loss or separation would be waiting for him on the other side. As long as there is happiness, there will be sadness. As long as there is fortune, there will be misfortune.

May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory

May those who follow their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory" ? Mizuo Shinonome, Princess TuTu, Vol. 1

Había una vez un tal Jiang Zhiya, que atravesaba una racha de mala suerte. Si estaba vendiendo harina, soplaba un vendaval; si lo que vendía era carbón, el invierno venía suave; si alzaba la cabeza para lanzar sus lamentos al cielo, le caía en plena boca una cagada de pájaro.

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.

He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.

I'm the fucking luckiest man on the planet tonight. The only thing I'm going to do is help you come.

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

He who brings goods for sale is blessed with good fortune, but he who keeps them till the price rises is accursed.

Consider, Mighty Creator of all things, the differences between Sindbad's life and mine. Every day I suffer a thousand hardships and misfortunes, and have hard work to get even enough bad barley bread to keep myself and my family alive, while the lucky Sindbad spends money right and left and lives upon the fat of the land! What has he done that you should give him this pleasant life— what have I done to deserve so hard a fate?