Fortune Quotes

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.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

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.

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.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.

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.

You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest.

In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.