Fortune Quotes · Page 40

The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.

— Boyd K. Packer

By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he…

— Anonymous

I did not make my disclosure about the deceitful manipulation of the U.N. before the invasion of Iraq began in order to…

— Katharine Gun

It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more…

— Robert Fulghum

“When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it.”

— Lisa See

Fame and fortune are calling. Are we taking the call or blocking the number?

— Nicole Richie

“Show pity I beg you... We have today been struck down by fortune But tomorrow it may be your own turn to…

— Guiseppe Verdi

What thought or message would you put in a fortune cookie? "Stop reading this. Eat the cookie and live your life.

— Veronica Roth

“What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door…

— Anthony Liccione

Envy is a weed that grows in all soils and climates, and is no less luxuriant in the country than in the…

— Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their…

— George Orwell

I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I…

— Patti Stanger

Here's the thing: I'm not beautiful. I mean, I'm a perfectly normal-looking Jewish guy. My face has never been my fortune, nor…

— David Rakoff

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but…

— Mark Twain

Beauty - what is beauty, forsooth? Form and color; that is, surface only. Fortune - what is fortune? Nothing is ever a…

— Richard Jefferies

I think you have to have your own expectations of yourself and your own sense of purpose and your own intrinsic pleasure…

— Sarah Ruhl

It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet…

— George Friedman

I got a job in the tear-sheets department, ripping up magazines like People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and Time, and delivering the editorial…

— Richard Prince

Entrance into the Old Ways begins with the pricking of a finger with a rose thorn, which produces a drop of blood.…

— Raven Grimassi

The spectator and historian of [Belisarius's] exploits has observed, that amidst the perils of war, he was daring without rashness, prudent without…

— Edward Gibbon

Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by…

— B. C. Forbes

I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native…

— Paul Hawken

It has always been more difficult for a man to keep than to get; for, in the one case, fortune aids, which…

— Giambattista Basile

I love fortune readings! because when I get in troubles, if the reading says that I am in a lucky day, I…

— Hiroko Sakai

Time is everything. Anything you want, anything you accomplish - pleasure, success, fortune - is measured in time.

— Joyce Hall

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face.

— Boethius

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

— Elvis Costello

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou…

— William Shakespeare

“Avaj! Šta su sve te sudbine tako gurnute i izmešane? Kuda idu? Zašto su takve? Onaj koji to zna vidi sav mrak.…

— Victor Hugo

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

— Jim Rohn

It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune…

— Seneca the Younger

O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.

— Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

Everyone thinks with 'Smash,' because it looks glossy and big, they think they're spending a fortune, and they think it's taking weeks…

— Raza Jaffrey

The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good…

— William Dampier

When you see the commitment my parents exhibited... it was not for fame or fortune.

— Yolanda King

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.

— William Shakespeare

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news…

— Ted Turner

A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession…

— Ari Kiev

I think, because I've been working for a while, I've been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading…

— Ellen Page