Fortune Quotes · Page 72

There was a time in my late teens and early 20s where I was motivated by this wanting to get out, to…

— Lissie

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

— Laurence J. Peter

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

— Ambrose Bierce

We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]

— Tacitus

Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No…

— Anne Lamott

Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout, That,…

— Francis Beaumont

It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a…

— Thomas Frank

To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune!

— Jean de la Bruyere

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

— Ambrose Bierce

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a…

— Julius Caesar

“in the newspapers I read a biography about an American. He left his whole huge fortune to factories and for the positive…

— Anonymous

I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy…

— Ovid

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your…

— Tony La Russa

You always need a bit of fortune in life.

— Graham Potter

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

— John Dryden

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like…

— Lesley Garrett

People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the…

— Jack McDevitt

Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built…

— Lynda Resnick

Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.

— Eric Butterworth

I thought about societies where exceptional fortunes are built up in industries with very little connection to out sincere and significant needs,…

— Alain de Botton

Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune. [Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]

— Horace

It's funny, but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you.

— Thomas McGuane

Our thoughts dictates sense of expression and sense of expression are translated into abilities. Its our abilities which dictates our action &…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

— Miguel de Cervantes