Marilyn French Quotes

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Good luck needs no explanation.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

I've had an awful lot of good fortune.

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

I'd rather be lucky than good.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction.

One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

It wasn't like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo.

I'm a very firm believer in karma, and put it this way: I get a lot of good parking spots.

Good luck has its storms.

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there weren't too many in New York at the time. I was at the top of a very short list. I think that was all good fortune.

My life has been a happy accident. Anybody who succeeds in anything should count their lucky stars, because that's the biggest element. It's not hard work; it's not necessarily talent.

Somebody up there likes me. It ain't like I've followed a well trodden trajectory.

Things just always seem to happen and work out for me.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

It's better sometimes to be lucky than good.

It's better to be lucky than good.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.