Fortune Quotes · Page 16

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

— William Boyd

The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

In a Balkan country, not so many years ago, a party which had been beaten by a narrow margin in a general…

— Bertrand Russell

These are hallowed moments, when every American has reason to express his gratitude to Almighty God that it has been our good…

— Nelson A. Miles

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

— Lord Byron

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

— Bertolt Brecht

[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and…

— Pierre Charron

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

— Richard Whately

Now to rivulets from the mountains Point the rods of fortune-tellers; Youth perpetual dwells in fountains, Not in flasks, and casks, and…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

— Euripides

Far be it for me to have worked it out in any abstract way. I don't know why the bull and Mrs.…

— Flannery O'Connor

Power has not corrupted me. I have not become jaded. I wake up every day well aware of my good fortune, loving…

— Hugh Hefner

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as a life that is both agreeable and…

— Aristotle

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.

— Hope Solo

Nature is no sentimentalist, - does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can't predict the future, nor will I. I'm not a fortune teller.

— Shawn Crahan

Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale.

— Plutarch

People think of fortune cookies as being Chinese, but in essence, they are fundamentally American.

— Jennifer Lee

[Would] a sensible man spit out the juicy morsel that good fortune put in his mouth?

— Chinua Achebe

The rumors of Radziwill fortune have been vastly overstated.

— Carole Radziwill

Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.

— Mario Puzo

Discussing the attempts of Augustus' generals to add to the extent of the Roman Empire early in his reign: The northern countries…

— Edward Gibbon

When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.

— John A. Macdonald

Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It's an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It's…

— Pearl Cleage

I had the great fortune to actually become friends with Sam [Fuller] and ultimately collaborate with him on White Dog, which we…

— Curtis Hanson