Exalted Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunder's.

— Madame de Stael

“Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

— Aeschylus

Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods,…

— Marcus Aurelius

See how fortune deludes us, and that which we put carefully into her hands, she either breaks or lets it fall from her hands,…

— Giordano Bruno

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by…

— Anita Brookner

That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called…

— Sallust

Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To other some,…

— George Chapman

Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they…

— Plutarch

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some…

— Amelia Barr

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…

— Glen Cook

Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away.…

— Anonymous