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"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." »Saadi
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"Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune is always here." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"I have often thought that the cause of men?s good or ill fortune depends on whether they make their actions fit with the times. A man having prospered by one mode of acting can never be persuaded that it may be well for him to act differently, whence it is that a man?s fortune varies, because she changes her times and he does not his ways." »Machiavelli
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"Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave." »The Talmud
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"Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave." »The Talmud
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"Diligence is the mother of good fortune." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"Always accept good fortune with grace and humility." »Mark L. Mika
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"One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune." »Lewis Lew Wallace
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"Calamities are of two kinds misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others." »Ambrose Bierce
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"good fortune is a benefit to the wise, but a curse to the foolish." »Chinese
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"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value." »Hermann Hesse
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"No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child." »Richter
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"Lament not Fortune?s mutability, And seize her fickle favours ere they flee; If others never mourned departed bliss, How should a turn of fortune come to thee?" »Omar Khayyam
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." »Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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"A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune." »Henry Ward Beecher
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"Envy, among other ingredients, has a mixture of love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good fortune." »William Hazlitt
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"No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger is without blame. Do not complain about this truth Enjoy the good fortune you still possess." »I Ching
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"Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find." »Pindar
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"Audentis Fortuna iuvat. (Fortune assists the bold) also fortune favors the bold." »Virgil
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"Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful." »Charles Simmons
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"It is a proverbial expression that every man is the maker of his own fortune, and we usually regard it as implying that every man by his folly or wisdom prepares good or evil for himself. But we may view it in another light, namely, that we may so accommodate ourselves to the dispositions of Providence as to be happy in our lot, whatever may be its privations." »Von Humboldt
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"To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon." »Chinese Proverb
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of ths surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters." »Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (opening lines)
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"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they They are the happiest people in the world." »William Lyon Phelps
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"If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we read it good God, we also would be happy if we had no books and such books that make us happy we could, if need be, write ourselves. What we must have are those books that come on us like ill fortune, like the death of one we love better than ourselves, like suicide. A book must be an ice axe to break the sea frozen inside us." »Franz Kafka
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"Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives. Unfortunately most of us are completely unaware of this fact and we do not monitor our thoughts with the care needed so that we can create in our lives the results we say we want. Since the great majority of people do not feel worthy and deserving of abundant good fortune, radiant good health and total success in all areas of their lives that overriding thought pattern controls the results people get. The first order of business of anyone who wants to enjoy success in all areas of his
her life is to take charge of the internal dialogue they have and only think, say and behavior in a manner consistent with the results they truly desire." »Sidney Madwed
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"A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender." »Jim Bishop
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"Every man is the architect of his own fortune." »Sallust
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"Every one is the architect of his own fortune." »Mathurin Regnier
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"The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others." »William Lyon Phelps
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