Fortune Quotes

Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash.

It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Fame and fortune, how empty they can be.

The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.

We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

No individual has sufficient experience, education, native ability and knowledge to ensure the accumulation of a great fortune, without the cooperation of other people.

I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

As ability goes, so goes our fortune.

I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.

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

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. Instead, everybody rejoices generously, sincerely, in your good fortune.

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

Reserve some hours daily to examine yourself and fortune; for if you embark yourself in perpetual conversation or recreation, you will certainly shipwreck your mind and fortune.

A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession of successful days.

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or may be purely mental, caused by the good fortune of another.

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.

Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy

You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.

Think before you act and then act decisively. Fortune favors the brave.

Fortune is either with you or it's not.

He will risk half his fortune in the stock market with less reflection that he devotes to the selection of a medium-priced automobile.

The people’s good fortune is my misfortune!

He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue.

Successful salesman: someone who has found a cure for the common cold shoulder.

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.

You had my heart, and I yours; a heart for a heart, good fortune for good fortune.

Manners make often fortunes.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

Love is priceless. And all I really want is a good night kiss. So if tears were diamonds, more valuable gold, then a fortune in the corners of my eyes I would hold.

It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.

Atra esterni' ono thelduin Mor' rana li'fa unin hjarta onr Un du evari'nya ono varda (May good fortune rule over you peace live in your heart may the stars watch over you)

The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one.

It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan's deflation is another's inflation.