Fortune Quotes · Page 27

I try to give back some of the good fortune that I've received.

— Eddie Rabbitt

The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

— John D. Rockefeller

Wheel of Fortune was an important SAT prep for me.

— Mo Rocca

Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.

— Seneca the Younger

If something bad happens, something good will come of it.

— Anonymous

Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means.

— Samuel Johnson

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Time is our only fortune - so get scribbling”

— Vic Robbie

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

— Jane Austen

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

— Ulysses S. Grant

The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the…

— Michelangelo

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an…

— Julia Quinn

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

— Dick Gephardt

Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.

— Philip Sidney

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

— Marcus Aurelius

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

— Jean de La Fontaine

There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at…

— Jane Kenyon

I've often had the fortune to work on projects with a small theme I find very interesting enough to pursue and to…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or…

— Aldous Huxley

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

To any young person starting out on life and looking to make a quick fortune, I have this advice: forget banking, but…

— Howard Jacobson

At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

More than 100 million women have worn my clothing and accessories,, and that's so fulfilling. My skincare line proves you don't have…

— Jaclyn Smith

We believe in the rights of every individual to seek his fortune, in respect for others and in tolerance. Let us reply…

— Angela Merkel

Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the trees in…

— Jose Saramago

Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in…

— Jack Kornfield

For two generations groups of women have given their lives and their fortunes to secure the vote for the sex and hundreds…

— Carrie Chapman Catt

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

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that, considering numbers, nature,…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

“Fortune favours the brave, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Good. Good. Pleased to hear it, captain. What is her position vis a vis…

— Terry Pratchett

“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

We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her.

— Seneca the Younger

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.

— Torquato Tasso

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.

— Adolf Hitler

A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.

— Eden Phillpotts

“Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“And friends we’ll stay whatever way blind fortune turns the wheel”

— Danny Carnahan

“Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.”

— Sir Thomas More

Foolish indeed are those who trust to fortune.

— Murasaki Shikibu