Quotes About Fortune

There was no reason for what happened to you, Eddie. You could have died; you just didn't. It was dumb luck. Nobody chose you for anything. Which means, truly, that you can do anything.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

And it's not because I'm tortured Or by some delirium swayed That I conjure up misfortune: It is just my trade.

What was in our stars That destined us for sorrow?

The only true liberty a well-bred woman could have was as a widow of independent fortune.

She's yours?" "Aye." He'd ridden down from London in easy stages to avoid having to trust to hired hacks. "She's a beauty." She stroked Saraband's silky nose. The horse extended her neck for more attention. "Far too fine to stay out in the rain." His lips twitched. He'd offer Cinderella half his fortune if she'd describe him in similar terms.

The smile he gave me in reply would have made the fortune of a Thespian Mephistopheles.

Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.

And sometimes you do everything right and something bad just happens. It's as simple, and as scary, as that.

Good Luck is rather particular who she drives with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience.

I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.

The mentality of a refugee, forcibly expelled from his home, is not that of an emigrant who leaves to seek his fortune: his very circumstances fostered dependency and a sense of helplessness he might never have known before. To

A shining fortune. Humans have killed each other for a single gem.

he smashes the black car of his luck.

Some people get dealt all the aces in life.

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

Some people have a lucky rabbit's good, or a lucky coin, but here in Goodhue, we have a lucky Button. Tugs Button.

Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.

Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune. My conclusion was that it's clearly worth looking into the way you deal with bad luck.

From this study, it becomes clear that . . . good luck accumulates, as does bad luck. People are in poor health and are poverty-stricken and get let down, and vice versa. It is totally unfair. And the only real predictor of good or bad luck is the ability to deal with setbacks. Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.

What were the present and future to him, he who did not fear the sandstorm? Did he know what fortune and misfortune mean, and what our tortured hearts called hope?

Left to our own devices, we will notice some of the bad luck but overlook most of the dumb luck.

The way our lives turn out is the result of two things: the influence of skill and the influence of luck.

The quality of our lives is the sum of decision quality plus luck.