“It was all her fortune. It seemed to her very fine thus to throw it away.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
If you have no family or friends to aid you . . . turn your face to the Great West and there… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea. — Plato Copy Share Image
If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business. — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
High fortune makes both our virtues and vices stand out as objects that are brought clearly to view by the light. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in… — Matthew Settle Copy Share Image
During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done… — Walther Bothe Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder,… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and… — A. E. Waite Copy Share Image
I had a great dislike to the annoyances entailed by baggage; and it was always with some feeling of elation that I… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
When thoughts arise, as soon as you sense them heading on the road of desire, bring them right back onto the road… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And… — George Kennedy Copy Share Image
We live in this irreparably broken world, and I don't wish to deny reality, but the amazing thing to me is not… — John Green Copy Share Image
Millions who could not follow closely or accurately the main events of the War looked day after day in the papers for… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand times more exact than… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
That's a good question. I think there should be many other women CEO s. It feels natural to be a CEO of… — Angela Braly Copy Share Image
An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
There are some tempers--how shall I describe them--formed either of such impenetrable matter, or wrought up by habitual selfishness to such an… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
