Quotes with good-fortune

Quotes 2161 till 2180 of 2950.

• The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency, the belief that the here and now is all there is.

  Allan Bloom
  American writer (1930 - 1992)
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• The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.

  Bobby Rahal
  American auto racing driver (1953 - )
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• The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.

  Carine Roitfeld
  French fashion editor (1954 - )
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• The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

  Walter Lippmann
  American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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• The first duty to children is to make them happy, If you have not made them so, you have wronged them, No other good they may get can make up for that.

  Charles Buxton
  British writer (1823 - 1871)
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• The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

  Sir William Temple
  British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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• The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity.

  Maria Montessori
  Italian educationalist (1870 - 1952)
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• The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

  Sir William Temple
  British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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• The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.

  Theodore Roosevelt
  American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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• The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

  Francis Bacon
  English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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• The foundation of justice is good faith.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero
  Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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• The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

  John Mortimer
  English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author (1923 - 2009)
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• The frightful casualties appalled me. The so-called good fighting generals of the war appeared to me to be those who had a complete disregard for human life. There were of course exceptions and I suppose one was Plumer; I had only once seen him and I had never spoken to him.

  Regarding the generals of the First World War. 1

  Bernard Law Montgomery
  British general (1887 - 1976)
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• The goal for Shondaland is to continue to make very good shows that we're proud of when they're ready.

  Betsy Beers
  American television and film producer (1957 - )
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• The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.

  William Blake
  English poet (1757 - 1827)
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• The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

  Sophocles
  Greek poet (496 - 406)
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• The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever copied.

  Ashley Montagu
  British-American anthropologist (1905 - 1999)
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• The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

  Anatole France
  French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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• The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

  Billy Joel
  American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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• The good deed you do today For a brother or sister in need Will come back to you some day For humanity's a circle in deed.

  Robert Alan
  American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• photographer
• successfully
• conversation
• masterpieces
• immobility
• ingredient

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