You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
For this present, hard Is the fortune of the bard, Born out of time; All his accomplishment, From Nature's utmost treasure spent,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. — Ammianus Marcellinus Copy Share Image
Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the… — David Antin Copy Share Image
In the future, fortune could well favor those who didn't sell their good domain names too cheaply, or too boldly — Frank Schilling Copy Share Image
You have to realize that a lot of life is just fortune and the ebbs of flows of what goes on. — Daniel Bryan Copy Share Image
If I had inherited a fortune I should probably not have cast my lot with mathematics. — Joseph-Louis Lagrange Copy Share Image
It's amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he's paid a small fortune not to understand it. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: I'm not beautiful. I mean, I'm a perfectly normal-looking Jewish guy. My face has never been my fortune, nor… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
A vast industry of stockbrokers, financial planners, and investment advisers skims a fortune for themselves off the top in exchange for passing… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat… — Giraldus Cambrensis Copy Share Image
Historically, individuals possessed of the confidence that privilege and good fortune bestow have often proved conspicuous reformers: think only of Franklin D.… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
With a clear sky, a bright sun, and a gentle breeze, you will have friends in plenty; but let fortune frown, and… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than… — George Graham Vest Copy Share Image
A man who has been born into the house of a warrior and yet places no loyalty in his heart and thinks… — Torii Mototada Copy Share Image
“When events turn out so much better for a man than he has had reason to dread, is it not a proof… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“When you work hard in a job that suits your living standards, never greed for fortune because you will distract yourself from… — Saaif Alam Copy Share Image
The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs. When a ruling class… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state-- Though poor myself, I know the fortunate: First, there's a knowledge of the… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market. — Jason Calacanis Copy Share Image
Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune. — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
