Fortunate Quotes

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.

We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.

I have never cared enough about money to worry about spending it, and have been fortunate to make enough to be spoiled rotten.

Many of us are fortunate to be blessed with the ability to succeed - not for our sole benefit, but so we may apply the result of our success to assist others.

I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!

We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses.

Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.

In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.

Badly off as the men...were in your day, they were more fortunate than their mothers and wives.

Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity for anyone.

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.

I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.

A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children.

I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would deign to operate on me.

The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.

Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.

Your man with a thin skin, a vehement ambition, a scrupulous conscience, and a sanguine desire for rapid improvement is never a happy, and seldom a fortunate politician.

As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.

Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.

I'm fortunate in that I don't think I've ever fallen in love with somebody who hasn't fallen in love with me. I actually think it's quite rare that that happens, in a true way.

I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it's tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens.

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me

I've been fortunate enough to do pretty well in playoffs. I feel pretty comfortable in them.

As an artist, I've been very fortunate.

Envy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate.

I have gained a lot of perspective from the places I have traveled too and the people I have been fortunate enough to meet.

I want to stretch myself. Another reason why I'm so fortunate is that this is a drama and I've been brought up in comedy.

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!

I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids.

The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.

We are fortunate now to become aware of the contents of our mind. With that knowledge we will be able to change the aspects that lead to confusion and misery in our lives.

I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world.

I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

The first move toward the determination of the direction of my art was the fortunate invention of plans for Blok’s wonder The Puppet Show.

Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.

I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one.

'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.

You don't think about it that often, but you don't realize how many of your friends have come and gone. It makes you feel very fortunate.

If I'm fortunate enough to play in the NFL, anywhere for anybody would be great. But if I had to pick, it would be the hometown [Atlanta] Falcons because I used to work for them.

I'm a true believer in working hard and partying hard. I'm fortunate to be one of those people who can have just as much fun partying without alcohol.

Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.

I have been extremely fortunate to have incredibly special fans support my work throughout my twelve year career.