Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune. — Honore de Balzac
I am no longer alone with myself, and I can only artificially recall the scary and beautiful feeling of solitude. This is the shadow side… — Carl Jung
Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to… — Pema Chodron
And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said Mrs. Baker. It… — Gary D. Schmidt
Everyone wants a bit of something beautiful." Clara said. "Among the wealthy it's the rare skins and furs sold on the black market. With everyone… — Kristin Cashore
Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love have I for Miss Ingram? None: and… — Charlotte Bronte
You've taught me that we're all needed, even those who sometimes think we're worthless, plain and dull. If we love and allow ourselves to be… — Dean Koontz
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render… — Adam Smith
Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore. And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store; The absent… — Albert Pike
The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast — Rachel Caine
There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change. — Euripides
Man is a rational animal. So at least we have been told. Throughout a long life I have searched diligently for evidence in favor of… — Bertrand Russell
Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in… — Jean Baudrillard
God is frightful, God is great--you pick. I choose this: God is in the details, the completely unnecessary miracles sometimes tossed up as stars to… — Barbara Kingsolver
I suppose no one is as handsome or as beautiful as he or she wishes, or as brilliant in school or as witty in speech… — Jeffrey R. Holland
You can get what you want. Never sell out. Don't break. Don't weaken. Don't let the kindness of strangers be your salvation, for it is… — Henry Rollins
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little… — Jane Austen
…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children. — Louisa May Alcott
in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he achiev'd And left… — William Shakespeare
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may be… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant. — C S Forester
I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune. — Henry David Thoreau
That furniture cost me a fortune! It's designer furniture." "Designed by whom ? Darth Vader ? The Hitler Youth ? — Jennifer Crusie
Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune. — Jim Rohn
Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties. — Janette Rallison

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