Fortune Quotes · Page 38

Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

— Jane Austen

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

— John Mortimer

“Once upon a time when I knew nothing I wanted fame and fortune. Now I know how little I know, I just…

— Stephen Richards

Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.

— John Lyly

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

— Marcus Aurelius

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

— Dick Gephardt

Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.

— Philip Sidney

“Alice must already have known, even back then, when she first saw Fortune, when she was, what, nine or ten, that she…

— Vanora Bennett

When thoughts arise, as soon as you sense them heading on the road of desire, bring them right back onto the road…

— Zicheng Hong

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And…

— George Kennedy

“Many others will win a prize. But the palm will be won by the fortunate man for whom it is reserved to…

— Karl Enrst von Baer

He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the…

— Horace

In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight,…

— Marcus Aurelius

“When you're working, some people relax and wait for the invisible right time, but when they see your fortune, they wake up…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

(Ash used his powers to lift Zarek from the floor and pin him roughly against the ceiling.) Stop pushing your luck, boy.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to…

— James Kelman

I have always believed that most large fortunes are made by men...who tumbled into a lucky opportunity. Hard work and attention to…

— Julius Rosenwald

Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the…

— Jim Rohn

Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good…

— Socrates

No man, however benevolent, liberal, and wise, can use a large fortune so that it will do half as much good in…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially…

— Aristotle

“You can't find happiness outside yourself, Calder." I shook my head. "You sound like a fortune cookie." "It's still true. Everyone's always…

— Anne Greenwood Brown

People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else…

— Stephen Covey

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

— Ulysses S. Grant

The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the…

— Michelangelo

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an…

— Julia Quinn

Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness…

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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

— Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of…

— William Ralph Inge

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

— Jean de La Fontaine

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it…

— Demosthenes

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

— Steve Guttenberg

Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.

— Anonymous

Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion…

— Bill Gates

“From a certain height, everyone looks the same - men, women, villains, kings - as if rank and fortune were simply an…

— Joanne Harris

Most men I know, pissed away their fortunes. I'm the only one I know, that made a fortune pissin'

— Frank Costello

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

— Baltasar Gracian

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

— Baltasar Gracian