Fortune Quotes

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!

Fortune favors the brave.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.

I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will spend it, Let him drink merrily, fortune will send it.

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues.

It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.