Fortune Quotes

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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going. — George Bernard Shaw
Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be… — Joseph Warren
The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being disadvantageous either… — Pope Leo XIII
He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It… — Winston Churchill
True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has… — Eric Liu
When a jealous person sees signs of other people's success and good fortune, his heart is pierced with envy. But someone who has learned to… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and betas.… — Warren Buffett
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god. — Aeschylus
At the ches with me she (Fortune) gan to pleye; With her false draughts (pieces) dyvers/She staal on me, and took away my fers. And… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination. — Sathya Sai Baba
Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is partly… — George Orwell
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We've all received our share of good fortune, so that's my definition of much. A single blessing is all the bounty in the world, and… — Denzel Washington
My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality. — Max Beckmann
Rather than ennobling the public mind and cementing the social fabric, applied science speedily became the chief weapon of a gross individualism, which was anathema… — Russell Kirk
You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other… — Elizabeth Gilbert
How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service. — Jim Rohn
One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired… — Napoleon Hill
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others’ achievements… — Dalai Lama
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with… — Phil Ochs
Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry. — Oliver Goldsmith
Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune. — Ming-Dao Deng
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of… — Sophocles

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