Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every moment of my life. We are so fortunate just to be alive.
All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love-to sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.
There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.
I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
Coolidge is the best living demonstration that, if you keep silent long enough, something fortunate may happen to you.
When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.
I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.
Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion.
America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.
My beloved brothers and sisters, to those of you who have been blessed by the gospel for many years because you were fortunate enough to find it early, to those of you who have come to the gospel by stages and phases later, and to those of you-members and not yet members-who may still be hanging back, to each of you, one and all, I testify of the renewing power of God’s love and the miracle of His grace. His concern is for the faith at which you finally arrive, not the hour of the day in which you got there.
For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man.
Over the years, I have been fortunate to get to play a lot of really kick-ass girls.
We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.
I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.
I know the rewards of focusing on innovation and outcomes as opposed to hours. I've been fortunate to work with brilliant entrepreneurs who didn't have years of experience, and yet they changed the world.
I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.
Ontario is fortunate to have the expertise, insight and leadership of The Honourable David C. Onley. I look forward to working with him to promote an inclusive, accessible Ontario that will help strengthen our province's economy.
No man would, I think, exchange his existence with any other man, however fortunate. We had as lief not be, as not be ourselves.