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Quotes About Fortune

May good fortune be your constant companion.
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.
~ Horace
If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.
~ Ihara Saikaku
the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.
~ Jane Austen
I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.
~ Joanna Garcia
A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.
~ Joanne Harris
It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.
~ Laozi
Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
The permanency of most friendships depends upon the continuity of good fortune.
~ Lord Chesterfield
Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient.
~ Louisa May Alcott
I've been very lucky and I have a happy old age with good family and friends still around.
~ Maeve Binchy
All I can say is I've been lucky with my body. Well done, little body. I praise it and say, 'You're very good.'
~ Marianne Faithfull
Hopefully, I will emerge more shining. If I have that good fortune, if I am blessed in that way - and I do feel I am in the middle of the blessing - then I have faith my service will be greater.
~ Marianne Williamson
Good fortune has side effects.
~ Martha Beck
Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.
~ Max Walker
... it was as if there were always some good fortune with me that would keep me from going hungry. I knew I would never die of hunger.
~ Micaela Flores Amaya
Good things could happen to not so bad people.
~ Mike Gayle
I was very lucky once I got started with a career. I happened to get some really good parts to play with some really good people to play with.
~ Morgan Freeman
What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking it when it comes.
~ Natasha Josefowitz
In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.
~ Octavia Butler
Good luck - it's always ready to use in case.
~ Oprah Winfrey
I've had so much good luck happen to me that I can't handle bad luck.
~ Ozzy Osbourne
The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast
~ Rachel Caine