The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I often think how unfairly life's good fortune is sometimes distributed. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule… — Homer Copy Share Image
Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public. — Joanna Garcia Copy Share Image
As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul. — Ptolemy Copy Share Image
How often are we forced to charge fortune with partiality towards the unjust! — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.] — Ovid Copy Share Image
The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
'Bunk' is better than 'Wheel of Fortune' because we have a wheel, just like them, but our wheel is purposeless. It doesn't… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
Emulation is grief arising from seeing one's self, exceeded or excelled by his concurrent, together with hope to equal or exceed him… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“In 1918, a Chinese immigrant working in a Los Angeles noodle factory invented the fortune cookie. He did so believing that a… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am… — Aphra Behn Copy Share Image
The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment… — William James Copy Share Image
Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae… — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
I think the worst thing that could have happened to me would have been having a hit at 20. I don't know… — Cameron Mackintosh Copy Share Image
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If I have fully diagnosed the cause and nature of your condition, you are wasting away in pining and longing for your… — Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Copy Share Image
Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Luck, if it mean nothing more than an event of which the cause is not apparent, is a term that may be… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
When the man was disgraced and told to go away, he was allowed to ask all the animals whether any of them… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
God is frightful, God is great--you pick. I choose this: God is in the details, the completely unnecessary miracles sometimes tossed up… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Fortune has dealt with me rather too well. I have known little struggle, not much poverty, many generosities. Now and then I… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
“My fortune read, It’s never too late to become what one could have been.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship. — Philibert Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
Fortune confounds the wise, And when they least expect it turns the dice. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one. — Junior Johnson Copy Share Image