However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all… — Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Copy Share Image
Prosperity of the middling and lower orders depends upon the fortunes and light taxes of the rich. — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind. — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Being a star comes with not just fame and fortune, but with awareness and responsibility. — Joanna Krupa Copy Share Image
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe--or she will call you ungrateful. — Martial Copy Share Image
Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To… — George Chapman Copy Share Image
The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
And what are you doing on it, I would like to know? Running away from home, yesno? If you were a boy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Don't spend all of your money a quarter at a time. Save up and buy something special, something fine, something of lasting… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
What is the end of human life? It is not, believe me, the chief end of man that he should make a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Billions of dollars have been lost to the Negro race within the last fifty years through disloyalty on the part of successful… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good… — Socrates Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in. — Sydney Carter Copy Share Image
To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune! — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“So dangerous it is for a man to come into the acquisition of great fortune before he matures in virtues and principles.” — Paul Bamikole Copy Share Image
“Fortune and fame are pursued by some, but many just want to be valued and validated.” — Faydra D. Fields Copy Share Image
People think you earn a fortune in TV, but that's not always the case, especially when you're working as a children's presenter. — Helen Skelton Copy Share Image
... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Fortune, honour, beauty, youth, Are but blossoms dying; Wanton pleasures, doting love, Are but shadows flying. — Thomas Campion Copy Share Image
Nature has concatenated our fortunes and affections together with indissoluble bands of mutual sympathy. — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good… — Max Walker Copy Share Image
Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune. — Laozi Copy Share Image
![“If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This is the favorite passion of my soul, and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/eab/thomas-jefferson-43_barbarism_if-there-is-a-gratification-which-i-envy_3085595.jpg)
![“[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future can decide. For example, what appears to be bad today may in fact lead us to a greater good tomorrow and by the very act of thinking and planning in that positive…” quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/483/jean-jacques-rousseau-418_anticipation_when-anything-happens-we-interpret-it-as_1541428.png)
