Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. — Miguel de Cervantes
Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control… — Epicurus
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is… — Andrew Carnegie
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose… — Horace
Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy or inner peace,… — Matthieu Ricard
Fortune reigns in gifts of the world. — William Shakespeare
What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your life. Whether the subject of your thought be good… — Emmet Fox
Look at the studio filled with glamorous merchandise. Fabulous and exciting bonus prizes. Thousands of dollars in cash. Over $150,000 just waiting to be won… — Dustin Hoffman
Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty… — Anzia Yezierska
Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would we could do… — William Shakespeare
Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress. — Seneca the Younger
Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius. — Euripides
We make our fortunes and we call them fate. — Benjamin Disraeli
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. — Moliere
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost. — Confucius
They may well fear fate who have any infirmity of habit or aim: but they who rest on what is have a destiny beyond destiny,… — Orison Swett Marden
No matter the barbs of fate that frustrate you, no matter how stacked against you the cards of fortune. . . . There is a… — Uell Stanley Andersen
Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune. — Jim Rohn
Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune. — Oscar Wilde
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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