Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the united States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as… — Jacob G. Hornberger
There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people. When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise,… — Baltasar Gracian
A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. — Thomas Browne
Fortune is said to be blind, but her favorites never are. Ambition has the eye of the eagle, prudence that of the lynx; the first… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that Fortune is blind. — William Shakespeare
O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle. — William Shakespeare
France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of all whose ties… — Thomas Jefferson
The fortune of our lives depends on employing well the short period of our youth. — Thomas Jefferson
I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune. — Joyce Brothers
There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in the winde;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
And fame, for a painter means sales, gains, fortune, riches. And today, as you know, I am celebrated. I am rich. — Pablo Picasso
Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his… — William Shenstone
Ill fortune seldom comes alone. — John Dryden
Common sense among men of fortune is rare. — Juvenal
If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a… — William Cowper
If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine,… — John Milton
The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain. — Homer
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals. — Aeschylus
Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics. — Karl Kraus
All of the insights that we might ever need have already been captured by others in books. The important question is this: In the last… — Jim Rohn
A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way, and… — Walter Pater
I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than… — Peter Matthiessen

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