The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
“He had caught both substance and shadow — both fortune and affection, and was just the happy man he ought to be.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Men who could willingly resign the luxuries and sensual pleasures of a large fortune cannot consent to live without the grandeur and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
“the old Styx responded, now speaking in English. “Every man is the architect of his own fortune, and unfortunate things happen.” — Roderick Gordon Copy Share Image
“If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.” — Sir Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting… — Propertius Copy Share Image
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We never see ourselves as heroes and sometimes when we do it is a hero that has made a fortune as a… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Whatever happens, we are the architect of the fortune or misfortune that befall us in life. Stop! Take time to make a… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Man is a rational animal. So at least we have been told. Throughout a long life I have searched diligently for evidence… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Jewish history has been tragic to the Jews and no less tragic to the neighboring nations who have suffered them. Our major… — Samuel Roth Copy Share Image
Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Man wants to make certain about the future,about tommorow--which cannot be done. Let it sink as deeply in your heart as possible,… — Osho Copy Share Image
It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I had the good fortune to be thrown unexpectedly into something called the Labour Research Unit - a little known organisation set… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
When the boys come into my yard for leave to gather horse-chestnuts, I own I enter into nature's game, and affect to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Percy and Reyna occupied matching praeters' chairs on the dais, which made Percy self-conscious. It wasn't easy looking dignified wearing a bedsheet… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
People often ask me why I persisted in doing research on a subject that was so controversial. I frequently respond by telling… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune; His jewels are his good children. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal! — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“A man shrewd enough and clever enough to amass such a fortune in ten years does not throw together” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent...sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all in the cause of his country. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“I must endeavor to subdue my mind to my fortune. I must learn to brook being happier than I deserve.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers. — Zhang Jindong Copy Share Image
We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]” — Marcus Valerius Martialis Copy Share Image
Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing? — Jeff Giles Copy Share Image
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
He will risk half his fortune in the stock market with less reflection that he devotes to the selection of a medium-priced… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
If we haven't a grouch against Fortune, we seem unable to avoid one against ourselves. — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
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