#good fortune

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep. ↗

— Michael Apted

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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." ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing. ↗

— Patty Duke

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A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. ↗

— Amar Bose

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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune. ↗

— Edie Falco

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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. ↗

— Anita Brookner

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

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. ↗

— Rachel Field

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