Fortune Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.