Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast… — Mark Twain
One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces. — Niccolo Machiavelli
We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man. — William Shakespeare
Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch himself on a… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass. — William Blake
O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more.… — John L. Bates
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying. — Aeschylus
I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great… — Tecumseh
It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under… — Michel de Montaigne
In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than by industry, by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I assert once again as a truth to which history as a whole bears witness that men may second their fortune, but cannot oppose it;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. — Benjamin Disraeli
The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment a thing becomes… — William James
There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in… — Pat Summitt
Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years we offer for… — Trey Gowdy
Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading. — Rufus Choate
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can… — Benjamin Franklin
An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart… — Robert Louis Stevenson
He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to… — Celia Thaxter
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Fortune Quotes

990 authors contributed a total of 1,539 Fortune Quotes, led by these top contributors: