Fortune Quotes
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Fortune have somewhat the nature of a woman; if she be too much wooed, she is the farther off.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.
Sallust
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May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.
William Shenstone
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The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions.
Marianne Williamson
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There are few have Dana's fortune, to have God and gold together.
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
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A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.
Jane Austen
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Las Vegas, Nevada: A city where oddities don't make you lame, But instead bring you riches and fortune and fame.
Walter Wykes
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Greatness, once fallen out with fortune, must fall out with men too.
William Shakespeare
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Fortune reigns in gifts of the world.
William Shakespeare
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The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
Seneca the Younger
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Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.
Shari Arison
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In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.
Plutarch
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Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening.
Ammianus Marcellinus
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India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.
Sunil Gavaskar
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Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.
Seneca the Younger
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Referring to a wealthy miser he said, "He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him."
Bion of Borysthenes
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If the loss of your fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss.
Elizabeth Prentiss
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Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
Arthur Helps
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Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.
Benvenuto Cellini
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Fortune helps the intrepid and abandons the cowards. I am the daughter of a man who did not know of fear. Whatever may come, I am resolved to follow that course until death.
Caterina Sforza
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My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order of the world, and generally to accustom myself to believing that there is nothing entirely in our power except our thoughts, so that after we have done our best regarding things external to us, everything in which we do not succeed is for us absolutely impossible.
Rene Descartes
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
Sophocles
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
Lee Iacocca
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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.
James Boswell