Fortune Quotes

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In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to… — Benjamin Disraeli
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us… — Robert Louis Stevenson
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be… — Samuel Smiles
Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune. — Mahatma Gandhi
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry. — Oliver Goldsmith
Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left. — John Ray
A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking. — George Horace Lorimer
It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman. — Charles Caleb Colton
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life. — Mark Twain
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being… — Anita Brookner
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune. — Quintilian
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. — Isaac D'Israeli
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying… — Samuel Johnson
Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar stroke of luck in the same… — Charlotte Bronte
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does… — Mark Twain
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that… — Stephen Covey
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. — Plautus
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin... Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them but leave them the power to create… — Josiah Stamp
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal… — Ayn Rand
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. — David McCullough
In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely too much time… — George Washington Carver
War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune. — Walter Raleigh

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