Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows… — John Dryden
Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I've consistently strived to create whatever… — Patrick Duffy
No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and… — Patty Duke
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune. — Amelia Earhart
Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fortune favors the audacious. — Desiderius Erasmus
No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. — Euripides
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. — Euripides
We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions… — George Farquhar
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. — Jean de La Fontaine
The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to… — Tom Hanks
If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business. — Robert Harris
My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. — William Hazlitt
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. — Robert A. Heinlein
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune. — Arthur Helps
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to… — Jim Hightower
Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. — Napoleon Hill
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and… — Hermann Hesse
The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of… — Tom Hodgkinson
I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics. — Francois Hollande
Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together. — Douglas William Jerrold
Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I… — Steve Jobs
Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. — James Weldon Johnson

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