Fortune Quotes · Page 46

Many of the young aspire to happy marriages and dot-com fortunes but end up in guarded love and okay-for-now jobs.

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

“There is no such thing as luck. Only good or bad fortune. And God controls our fortune.”

— Ardy

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate…

— Charles Churchill

I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes…

— William Shakespeare

Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.

— James Ellis

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek…

— Louisa May Alcott

Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and…

— Andrew Carnegie

In 2004 I had the fortune - or the misfortune - of playing John Kerry. It was hard because I think the…

— Seth Meyers

Let me know your faults and I will remind you of your strengths and gifts. Look at the world through skeptical eyes…

— The Forgotten

I had to put the word out to people that I didn't cost a fortune, and I was prepared to work at…

— Guy Pearce

If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This…

— Thomas Jefferson

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body,…

— Ambrose Bierce

Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To…

— George Chapman

And what are you doing on it, I would like to know? Running away from home, yesno? If you were a boy…

— Terry Pratchett

It might be thought the height of poor taste to ascribe good fortune to a healthy man with a young family struck…

— Tony Judt

What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your life. Whether the subject of your…

— Emmet Fox

It is also true that the less possible it becomes for a man to acquire a new fortune, the more must the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures; since the productions of nature are the materials of art. Under the Roman empire, the labour…

— Edward Gibbon

I have never dreamt of contesting the Church her right to remain faithful to herself, meaning to the commandments that come from…

— Indro Montanelli

A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

We acquire the love of people who, being in our proximity, are presumed to know us; and we receive reputation or celebrity,…

— George Augustus Henry Sala

The important thing is to firmly fix our gaze on our own weaknesses, not run away from them, but to battle them…

— Daisaku Ikeda

Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.

— Horace

In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will…

— Anonymous

No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]

— Plautus

I recognize my good fortune, that I got to live in Shondaland and work under Shonda Rhimes, and now I get to…

— Jerrika Hinton

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun And find your shoulder to light on, To bring you luck, happiness and…

— Anonymous

“sometimes it feels as if life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”

— Gary D. Schmidt

Publications such as Forbes and Fortune continually rank Georgia cities as among the best places to live, work and run a business.

— Roy Barnes

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

— Seneca the Younger

I know I am--that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the…

— Bayard Taylor

Luck certainly had a hand in my good fortune. I can't deny that. But it came down to more than luck.

— Anthony Scaramucci

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.

— Torquato Tasso

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

— Anonymous

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

— Francis Quarles

Good fortune shies away from gloom. Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and you will come to good…

— Terri Guillemets

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things…

— Lillian Hellman

For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my…

— Sebastian Barry