Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave. — Edward Gibbon
If we had no regard for others' feelings or fortune, we would grow cold and indifferent to life itself. — George Matthew Adams
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind. — Abraham Cowley
The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest reason clear, Who… — Charles Churchill
Most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don't have the courage or the good fortune to discover… — Donald Trump
I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on… — Christopher Isherwood
Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it… — David Hume
All of us collect fortunes when we are children. A fortune of colors, of lights, and darkness, of movement, of tensions. Some of us have… — Ingmar Bergman
The amount of poverty and suffering required for the emergence of a Rockefeller, and the amount of depravity that the accumulation of a fortune of… — Che Guevara
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous — Unknown Author
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius
Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them?… — Joanna Baillie
Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly. — Seneca the Elder
Much of my good fortune was a matter of nothing more clever on my part than luck. — Jim Fixx
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. — Claudius Claudianus
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. — Ammianus Marcellinus
I grew up poor. I had no money. My family was poor. There's things I wanted to do and couldn't. I was an abused wife.… — Anna Nicole Smith
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip. — Aulus Gellius
I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. Hell, I'm blessed to be in any position, you know?… — Tom Sizemore
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts. — Benjamin Rush
I have been asked whether it is strange when a big story and big business for you is tragedy or ill fortune for someone else;… — Mary Hart
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not… — Julian Simon
Before you leave, the fortune teller reminds you that the future is never set in stone. — Erin Morgenstern
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect — Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulieres
I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best… — Davy Crockett

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