One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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 most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.
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.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
Happiness is always a choice. You can't wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune. So look for ways to be happy every day.
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.
To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'
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.
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.
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.
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 may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.
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