There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I had the great fortune to work with John Houseman at Juilliard. — Stephen Henderson Copy Share Image
Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
To squander a fortune in public money, billions and billions, stubbornly carrying on with a Concorde we can only sell to ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber Copy Share Image
All those who slight me to my face, Or do me any other evil, Even if they blame or slander me, May… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“Ignorance actually limits God from intervening in the misfortunes of our personal lives and that of our society.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job. — William E. Conway, Jr Copy Share Image
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice. — Sallust Copy Share Image
“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Our family's fortune is growing faster than ever. We're a part of a small number of American families that own most of… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
It's impossible to make a living in the arts unless you make a fortune. There's almost no in-between. Writers are either broke… — Anthony McCarten Copy Share Image
The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians… — Jacob Schiff Copy Share Image
“He is not in the habit of explaining himself. He is not in the habit of discussing his successes. But whenever good… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
When the head of the Hyundai Motor Company, Chung Mong-koo, was fighting with his younger brother Chung Mong-hun over the company's management,… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A huge segment of the country has always felt overtaxed. In 1938, when taxes were roughly 17% of income, a 'Fortune' survey… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
It was a very big gamble. I lost my job in France, I received a job in which was extremely uncertain, how… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
Those who merely possess the goods of fortune may be haughty and insolent; . . . they try to imitate the great-souled… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I suppose no one is as handsome or as beautiful as he or she wishes, or as brilliant in school or as… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one… — John Jay Copy Share Image
Your soul is a chosen landscape Where charming masked and costumed figures go Playing the lute and dancing and almost Sad beneath… — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
I had the good fortune to direct my first professional production with one of my Dad's masterpieces, The Man Who Came To… — Chris Hart Copy Share Image
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune,… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
