A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of… — Aesop Copy Share Image
It was a very big gamble. I lost my job in France, I received a job in which was extremely uncertain, how… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
May every man is not the architect of his own fortune; but every man is the architect of his own character. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded… — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.] — Statius Copy Share Image
When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
I admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling... the rest I spend foolishly. — Chic Murray Copy Share Image
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Mentally imagine you are buying the business or applying for the job that will earn your fortune. Review each step you'd take,… — Tyler Gregory Hicks Copy Share Image
“Normality wasn't in the days I'd left behind me: it was only to be found in whatever fortune placed in my path… — Maria Duenas Copy Share Image
All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for… — Francois Rabelais 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
I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great… — Emmanuelle Beart Copy Share Image
So use all that is called fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all and lose all, as her wheel rolls...… — Pat Tillman Copy Share Image
It has become a people's war, and peoples of all sorts and races, of every degree of power and variety of fortune,… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Fame and fortune and the interstate is great and fun, but it ain't life. — Tracy Lawrence Copy Share Image
There aren't many millionaires who bowl over 100. Why not? Because they left the bowling league behind to build their fortunes. — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
