Fortunes Quotes

217 Fortunes quotes by 176 unique authors

It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made… — M. King Hubbert
The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes. — Noah Webster
One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring. — Orison Swett Marden
The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians of our fortunes,… — Jacob Schiff
I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited… — Khalil Gibran
We're responsible for the fortunes of the company but this is a bone-dry situation in terms of access to credit. Nobody can operate on that… — Ratan Tata
The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature… — George Washington
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the… — Charles Baudelaire
The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth… — Colin Powell
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war! — Christian Nestell Bovee
To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine… — Sterling Hayden
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by the floods of… — Thomas Jefferson
The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their… — Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… — Thomas Jefferson
In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away… — Thucydides
Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes. — Jim Rohn
The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them. — George Eliot
Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised. — Alexander Pope
Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour. — Thomas Jefferson
Creative capitalism takes this interest in the fortunes of others and ties it to our interest in our own fortunes in ways that help advance… — Bill Gates
This reference to the Scots side of her ancestry is the first of two visual explorations into Tori Amos's diverse cultural past. As is the… — Kevyn Aucoin
The people come from everywhere, from five hundred miles, to find their fortunes. By fortune is an ugly, two-faced goddess. When you have lived with… — Glen Cook
I hope I don't sound like an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud, but when I hear about people making vast fortunes without doing any productive work or contributing… — Dave Barry

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