No man, however benevolent, liberal, and wise, can use a large fortune so that it will do half as much good in… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
No, liberty is not made for us: we are too ignorant, too vain, too presumptious, too cowardly, too vile, too corrupt, too… — Jean-Paul Marat Copy Share Image
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. — Virgil Copy Share Image
The French philosopher Pierre-Hyacinthe Azaïs (1766-1845) formalized the statement that good and evil fortune are exactly balanced in that they produce for… — Richard Arnold Epstein Copy Share Image
There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they have everything, a loving… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“The universe conspires to steer one in the direction where one can flourish. Bad or good the experience will be a lesson… — Sal Martinez Copy Share Image
Ought a man to be confident that he deserves his good fortune, and think much of himself when he has overcome a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Too caught up in me to see, I'm holding a fortune that heaven has given to me. I'll try and show you… — Richard Marx Copy Share Image
Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some… — Guy Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the advantages I've had as an interpreter - because I'm not a composer - is I've had the fortune of… — Jose Jose Copy Share Image
The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large. — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
There's a belief in some cultures that if a person experiences good fortune in financial terms and does not share the good… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
Long experience has taught me that the crux of my fortunes is whether I can radiate good will toward my audience. There… — Howard Thurston Copy Share Image
Your unhappiness is not due to your want of a fortune or high position or fame or sufficient vitamins. It is due… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It was verily prettily said that we may learn the… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
