Fortune Quotes

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

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.

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.

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.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

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.

I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power.

I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.

Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.

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.

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

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.