Baltasar Gracian Quotes

My mother sent me lithograph years ago at the height of my television success. It said, 'When your cup runneth over, watcheth out.' I never got over it. There's something so cosmic to be inferred in that. Not necessarily anything bad, and not necessarily anything good.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.

It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it!

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.

I don't ever take anything for granted.

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident, as to perpetuate their happiness.

I never took anything for granted.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.

In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance.

I don't really consider myself one of those superstars. I just consider myself a guy that was lucky enough to win the athletic lottery many times over.

Bear good fortune modestly.

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.

In the quest for fortune and fame...don't forget about the simple things.

If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvas in.

When your ship comes in, make sure you are willing to unload it

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Confidently receive God's abundant blessings. Think abundance, prosperity, and the best of everything.

The core for everything is to be grateful. It's literally as simple as that... I've always known that I'm lucky to be an actress, and I'm lucky to be a working actress. I'm lucky to have garnered attention for certain roles, and I'm grateful for it.

I just feel fortune just to have been lucky enough, and worked hard enough, and blessed.