Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel. — Horace Copy Share Image
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and the goal of a good intention was never reached through its opposite, laziness.” — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“Never let hatred give you an escort. It will drag your attention from all fortunes along the way.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It's ironic, Elizabeth in this misfortune just as you come into your fortune. -Scott Thorson — The Descendants Copy Share Image
I was always a little detached from the 'famous' aspect of it all - fame and fortune was really a peripheral thing,… — David Essex Copy Share Image
The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and… — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“I don't trust good fortune that comes so easily. There is always a price to be paid, Frannie. Always." He gave her… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“He digs out a fortune cookie fortune from his mouth, as if his mouth has a pocket. It says THE SIMPLEST ANSWER… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
[Gambling] is a perfidious passion. ... It is bad for one to win, and bad not to win. ... it ends by… — Matilde Serao Copy Share Image
I was never a Republican, because those gentlemen, distinguished as they are, have only one real interest, and that is the making… — Samuel J. Tilden Copy Share Image
Rather than ennobling the public mind and cementing the social fabric, applied science speedily became the chief weapon of a gross individualism,… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Both as to high and low indifferently, men are prepossessed, charmed, fascinated by success; successful crimes are praised very much like virtue… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Fortune favours the brave, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Good. Good. Pleased to hear it, captain. What is her position vis a vis… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
As generations come and go, Their arts, their customs, ebb and flow; Fate, fortune, sweep strong powers away, And feeble, of themselves,… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Anyone can get their hands on a fortune but to become successful one must work intelligent and hard.”- EMW” — Erik Martin Willén Copy Share Image
I remember being told 'Someone's gonna make a fortune out of this rap thing' and thinking 'no way'. — Arthur Baker Copy Share Image
When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football. — Victor Cruz Copy Share Image
There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college. — Dante Hall Copy Share Image
To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
We have to rise above bad fortune. We have to be in the good and enjoy the good, study and work and… — Joshua Prager Copy Share Image
Treat persons who profess to be able to cure disease as you treat fortune tellers. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Why was one of these men able to amass a fortune, while the other never acquired more than a few thousand dollars… — Richard Wyckoff Copy Share Image
![“[Gambling] is a perfidious passion. ... It is bad for one to win, and bad not to win. ... it ends by setting your blood on fire, and to increase your chances of winning at any cost, your stakes increase frightfully; the desire of winning gets to be a madness. The soul gets sick; it neither sees…” quote by Matilde Serao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/matilde-serao-56498_blood_gambling-is-a-perfidious-passion-it-is-b_1447022.jpg)
![“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 chance, I shrink a little: My hopes are strong, my will is something weak. ...I am ready But, gentlemen my porters, life is brittle: You carry Cæsar and…” quote by William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/william-ernest-henley-15193_aces_behold-me-waiting-waiting-for-the-knife_269698.jpg)
