Fortune Quotes · Page 36

“There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune...” ― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar”

— Lisa M. Collins

So you see, in the end, it is nearly certain that the power of prediction must triumph over the arrogance of elegance.

— Robert Haugen

But evil fortune has decreed, (The foe of mice as well as men) The royal mouse at last should bleed, Should fall…

— Michael Bruce

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is…

— John Dryden

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.

— Juvenal

Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]

— Horace

Though Fortune's malice overthrow my state, My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.

— William Shakespeare

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.

— George Herbert

A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder,…

— Francis Bacon Sr

It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and…

— A. E. Waite

I had a great dislike to the annoyances entailed by baggage; and it was always with some feeling of elation that I…

— Herbert Spencer

We have so much ill fortune as inconstancy, or so much bad purpose as folly, we are not so full of evil…

— Michel de Montaigne

People are simply screwing up when they go out and buy beefsteak, which is killing them with cancer and heart troubles. The…

— George Harrison

To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo…

— Benjamin Franklin

Catastrophe was only narrowly averted. It was all due to the faith of one man! Yes, you who called us godless, we…

— Robert Ley

Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is therefore quite different from that created in comedy.…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered,…

— Antonin Scalia

“Man is at the mercy of events. Life is a perpetual succession of events, and we must submit to it. We never…

— Victor Hugo

“Today is an ephemeral ghost... A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. For the rest of the time…

— Vera Nazarian

The paradox is that exactly the reverse is true. Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free; our minds, our…

— Earl Nightingale

The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Myself--a prince by fortune of my birth, Near to the king in blood, and near in love Till you did make him…

— William Shakespeare

We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily…

— Karl Marlantes

For those of us who have had the good fortune of a career in music, we feel an obligation to speak out…

— John Popper

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

— Calvin Miller

“No one is satisfied with his fortune,and everyone is satisfied with his wit.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Who was more conscious than the soldier of capricious fortune, of the random roll of the dice?”

— Robert Galbraith

Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I've had the fortune of playing very strong women, and I've been blessed to play characters that are capable and intelligent.

— Simone Missick

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fortunately, nature is as generous with its problems as Nobel with his fortune. The more we know, the more aware we are…

— David Gross

“It cost nothing to think bigger than you are, BUT cost a fortune to think less of yourself.”

— Olawale Daniel

Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth. [Lat., Licet superbus ambules pecuniae, Fortuna non mutat…

— Horace

Let us sit and mock the good huswife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally.

— William Shakespeare

Exceptional results arrive only when exceptional people put in exceptional effort. It never arises by accident or good fortune.

— Peter Thomas

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The permanency of most friendships depends upon the continuity of good fortune.

— Lord Chesterfield

Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with…

— Alexander Pope