Fortune Quotes
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Once you finish a book, you let it go out into the world to seek its fortune.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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A noble birth and fortune, though they make not a bad man good, yet they are a real advantage to a worthy one and place his virtues in a fairer light.
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.
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Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.
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To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.
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I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
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Many dream not to find, neither deserve, and yet are steeped in favors.
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There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.
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No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.
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When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation.
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Now the fair goddess, Fortune, Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms Misguide thy opposers' swords!
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.
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When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep.
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From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits.
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Fortune is either with you or it's not.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
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Giving away a fortune is taking Christianity too far.
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There are few have Dana's fortune, to have God and gold together.
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Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.
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I've had some good fortune in this building. It's always challenging. The two sides upstairs and downstairs play differently. There's a lot of obstacles here and a lot of things that keep you on your toes. But the fans here are great and I think it's our most prestigious tournament.
