Good Quotes

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.

The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.

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

I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist.

I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.

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

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.

It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family.

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.

Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

It's O.K. to accept good fortune.

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.

I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

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.