The thing of courage As rous'd with rage doth sympathise, And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key, Retorts to chiding fortune. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
To squander a fortune in public money, billions and billions, stubbornly carrying on with a Concorde we can only sell to ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber Copy Share Image
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children. — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune. — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've come from a fantastic, working class area and to actually have the fortune to be given that opportunity to get out… — Tony Pulis Copy Share Image
He that would relish success to a purpose should keep his passions cool, and his expectations low; and then it is possible… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and… — Bliss Carman Copy Share Image
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My sonnet asserts that the sonnet still lives. My epic, should such fortune befall me, asserts that the heroic narrative is not… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Cheers to the albums written fortunes earned lives touched in the millions and generations defined by one lonely person placing an ad… — Dallas Clayton Copy Share Image
I wish I could recall with clarity the impulse that compelled me to help bring this camp into being. I'd be pleased… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that, considering numbers, nature,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Cracking his knuckles, Cary dramatically prepared to open his fortune cookie. “Let’s see. Will I be rich? Famous? About to meet Mr.… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“Fortune favours the brave, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Good. Good. Pleased to hear it, captain. What is her position vis a vis… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife… The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life… [F]ace to face with… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
They have passed the big inheritance tax, and that gets you when you are gone. You used to could die and be… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a… — Elinor Glyn Copy Share Image
I went to America not for fame or fortune but to be able to communicate with the biggest audience. — Donovan Copy Share Image
A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune. — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor Copy Share Image
Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“What to do with you, lass. What to do with you. You will either get me killed or earn me a bloody… — M.L. Chesley Copy Share Image
The fate of all of us here has been to know that we are prisoners of power. No one knows why us… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film. — Jack O'Connell Copy Share Image
I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic. — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.] — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way. — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common.” — Seneca Copy Share Image