Quotes About Fortune

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

Baseball has been very good to me.

He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

You have to be a good team, but you have to be lucky and stay away from injuries.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the beginning.

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

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.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.

It is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession.

There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

Bear good fortune modestly.

Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family.

For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world citizen. Today I can adapt well no matter where I am. Even when it's not always easy.

Exceptional results arrive only when exceptional people put in exceptional effort. It never arises by accident or good fortune.

Technologically we now have four [seven!] billion billionaires on board Spaceship Earth who are entirely unaware of their good fortune.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.

Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other.

Good luck reaches farther than long arms.

When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there.