Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of what really makes… — Russ Roberts
Entrance into the Old Ways begins with the pricking of a finger with a rose thorn, which produces a drop of blood. This opens the… — Raven Grimassi
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion,… — Jeff Goodell
I love fortune readings! because when I get in troubles, if the reading says that I am in a lucky day, I can think my… — Hiroko Sakai
We live in this irreparably broken world, and I don't wish to deny reality, but the amazing thing to me is not that we refuse… — John Green
Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered, always carefully crafted… — Antonin Scalia
The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run– without undermining the… — George Friedman
We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. — Margaret D. Nadauld
When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness… — Charles de Lint
Night-dreams trace on Memory's wall Shadows of the thoughts of day, And thy fortunes, as they fall, The bias of the will betray. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who… — Marcus Aurelius
Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes… — Marcus Aurelius
To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune! — Jean de la Bruyere
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. — Jean de la Bruyere
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. — Jean de la Bruyere
Ah, fortune and fame shall follow me ... and I shall dwell in the world of the chosen for a few moments of fleeting ecstasy;… — Hunter S. Thompson
Fortune has been considered the guardian divinity of fools; and, on this score, she has been accused of blindness; but it should rather be adduced… — Charles Caleb Colton
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good,… — Robert Dodsley
Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand,… — Bill Vaughan
The poorest of the sex have still an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid inquires, if she shall take The… — John Dryden
A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession of successful days. — Ari Kiev
In democratic countries, however opulent a man is supposed to be, he is almost always discontented with his fortune, because he finds that he is… — Alexis de Tocqueville
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune. — Henry Fielding

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