Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes… — E. Joseph Cossman
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you… — Donald Sutherland
One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune. — Lew Wallace
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. — David Mallet
Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will spend it, Let… — Thomas Dekker
Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money. — John Fahey
The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some of the greatest… — Guy Johnson
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed. — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. — Bodhidharma
At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for… — Gabriela Mistral
I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere. — David Friedman
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton. — Thomas Day
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater… — Giraldus Cambrensis
The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in the spring, I met Elizabeth Fay Ringo. We were married… — James Tobin
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both… — Robert Walpole
The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in. — Sydney Carter
You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford… — Irwin Shaw
Fortune favors the brave. — Terence
Fortune sides with him who dares. — Virgil
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. — Virgil
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. — Charles V
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. — Unknown Author
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. — Unknown Author
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants… — Jeremy Taylor
I have had the good fortune to experience both the limelight and the traffic light as a musician. I did my first recording on my… — Jane Siberry

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