Fortune Quotes

Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.

Miguel de Cervantes
- Door
- Fortune
- Remedy
Life is a problem. Not merely a premiss from which we start, but a goal towards which we proceed. It is an opportunity for us not merely to get, but to attain; not simply to have, but to be. Its standard of failure or success is not outward fortune, but inward possession.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

When the man was disgraced and told to go away, he was allowed to ask all the animals whether any of them would come with him and share his fortunes and his life. There were only two who agreed to come entirely of their own accord, and they were the dog and the cat. And ever since then, those two have been jealous of each other, and each is for ever trying to make man choose which one he likes best. Every man prefers one or the other.

Richard Adams
- Trying
- Animal
- Accord
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

Herodotus
- Luck
- Fortune
- Side
The result of the revolution in Germany has been to establish a democracy in the best sense of the word. We are steering towards an order of things guaranteeing a process of a natural and reasonable selection in the domain of political leadership, thanks to which that leadership will be entrusted to the most competent, irrespective of their descent, name or fortune. The memorable words of the great Corsican that every soldier carries a Field Marshal's baton in his knapsack, will find its political complement in Germany.

Adolf Hitler
Thus does good fortune follow on the steps of the reckless.

Elizabeth von Arnim
- Fortune
- Steps
- Reckless
Risk is what you control and fortune is really all about risk. Bottom Line: Fortune comes from big money bets on very low probability events.

Ziad K. Abdelnour
- Money
- Risk
- Events
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

Richard Whately