Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

Why should we be willing to go by faith? We do all things in this world by faith in the word of others. By faith… — John Henry Newman
Now, ideas are the raw material of progress. Everything first takes shape in the form of an idea. But an idea itself is worth nothing.… — B. C. Forbes
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate… — P T Barnum
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of… — Ambrose Bierce
If things are nice there is probably a good reason why they are nice: and if you do not know at least one reason for… — Richard Askey
Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the market - jump… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college. — Dante Hall
But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. — John Dryden
His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. — Henry Fielding
Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted. — Seneca the Younger
Your unhappiness is not due to your want of a fortune or high position or fame or sufficient vitamins. It is due not to a… — Fulton J. Sheen
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. — Horace
Wisdom overcomes fortune. — Juvenal
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. — Unknown Author
A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. They welcome to the kingdom the… — Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse,… — Sheri S. Tepper
I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power — Thomas Willis
Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold. — Eric Butterworth
'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth. — Homer
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. — Robert Southwell
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master… — Baron de Montesquieu
Toads are conservative animals, I think, and not much given to expecting the best from fortune. Some weeks ago, well before the end of October,… — Henry Mitchell
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct. — Publilius Syrus
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility,… — C.S. Lewis
I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then… — Jack Handey

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