Quotes About Fortune

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

It's an epitome of life. The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

Well, you know the old saying. 'The wheel of fate makes a full turn every sixty years,'" An Yi said. "It's their turn to suffer now.

When I looked around me, fate seemed to be the only explanation for what was happening.

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy.

A fool must now and then be right by chance. —WILLIAM COWPER

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

Vivendo minha sorte, com lutas e guerras!

Ele disse: — "Minha lei, sabe qual é que é, Tatarana? É a sorte dos homens valentes que estou comandando...

Ao que, digo ao senhor, pergunto! em sua vida é assim? Na minha, agora é que vejo, as coisas importantes, todas, em caso curto de acaso foi que se conseguiram ? pelo pulo fino de sem ver se dar ? a sorte momenteira, por cabelo por um fio, um clim de clina de cavalo. Ah, e se não fosse, cada acaso, não tivesse sido, qual é então que teria sido o meu destino seguinte? Coisa vã, que não conforma respostas. As vezes essa ideia me põe susto.

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.

So the papyrus fortunes

Nobody can be held responsible for the pranks of destiny.

Being lucky, doesn't always make you happy, though, does it? Especially if people keep telling you how lucky you are, telling you to count your blessings.

There is only one genuine misfortune: not to be born.

There is truly only one misfortune: that of not being born.

Lifeis an enormous lottery: the prizes are few, the failures innumerable. Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next. That's life.

Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

My name is Nicomo Cosca, famed solider of fortune, and I am here for dinner.

What do the dice say?" Dice say nothing. They are dice." Why roll'em, then?" They are dice. What else would I do with them?

Those with bad luck should at least attempt to balance it with good sense.

You are lucky, Thorn. You are very lucky." "Doubtless. Not every girl gets to be stabbed through the face." "And by a duke of royal blood too!

makes us no promises, no guarantees. Things move toward us whether we want them or not. Accidents occur, illnesses strike, and bombs fall. One street can be pulverized, the next one over not even scratched. Chance is so shifty and arbitrary.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.