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Fortune Quotes & Sayings

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He dances well to whom Fortune pipes. — John Ray

The Scorpion connects with the Serpent through the Dragon. — Dion Fortune

Fortune's fool! How we humans lie upon beauty like lizards upon a sun-baked rock. — Roman Payne

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics. — Karl Kraus

Fortune favours the bold. — Virgil

His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. — Henry Fielding

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy. Boethius, De — Robert Galbraith

A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. — Thomas Browne

If a man wants any shot at making his fortune then he'll never sign his name to any piece of paper that he didn't write himself. P 553 — Eleanor Catton

Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory. — James Kahn

It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either. — Mark Twain

Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall ... his fortune melted to water. — Ihara Saikaku

When we harness the natural force of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease. — Deepak Chopra

May good fortune be your constant companion. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Bear good fortune modestly. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius

I just got a fortune cookie that says "Turn off your computer and read a book" which is odd because I'm WRITING a book ... on my computer! — Meg Cabot

I had enjoyed so much bliss lately that i imagined my fortune had passed its meridian and must now decline. — Charlotte Bronte

Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough. — Xavier Niel

I can tell you for a fact that you're blessed to have someone in your life. Greatest fortune a person can have. Cherish every day of it. — Priscilla West

Who was more conscious than the soldier of capricious fortune, of the random roll of the dice? — Robert Galbraith

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. — Livy

Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice. — Sallust

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune. — Baron De Montesquieu

The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune;His jewels are his good children. — Thiruvalluvar

Balance and good fortune can only come to a person who is balanced and feels fortunate. — Stuart Wilde

The Sanctuary was reserved for the rich and elite
those with fortunes, not soldiers of fortune. — Drew Karpyshyn

Sympathy, Love, Fortune ... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them! — Anne Frank

Because deep down you know that this small piece of changing fortune is a signal of things to come. — Markus Zusak

Fortune makes him fool, whom she makes her darling. — Francis Bacon

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration. — Evan Esar

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune. — Olivia Munn

A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit. — Victor Hugo

Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen. — Irving Stone

Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that. — Herta Muller

Behind every fortune there is a crime. — Honore De Balzac

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous — Livy

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market. — Jason Calacanis

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. — Benjamin Franklin

Fortune frowns as often as he smiles, and you don't want to be in his line of sight when he does. — Amy Neftzger

The race cannot succeed, nor build strong citizens, until we have a race of women competent to do more than bear a brood of negative men. — Timothy Thomas Fortune

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name. — William Dampier

She did not know what sort of person he was. But she thought---she hoped---that he would hold her trust as the fragile, precious thing it was. — Theresa Romain

Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune. — Aristotle.

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. — Baltasar Gracian

A fortune begins with a penny. — Julie Otsuka

Let not one look of Fortune cast you down; she were not Fortune if she did not frown. — Roger Boyle, 1st Earl Of Orrery

I believe in America. America's made my fortune. — Mario Puzo

God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual "fix" for the day. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

Though my fortune is not large, yet I am in a position to support a beloved being and children at my side. — Anton Chekhov

Fortune and love favor the brave. — Ovid

I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear. — Ovid

Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune. — Robert Southey

Fortune favors the bold. — Joseph Pignataro

When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it. — Lisa See

If sarcasm were gold, she would have just made her fortune. — Karen Hawkins

The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain. — Homer

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. — Euripides

[Would] a sensible man spit out the juicy morsel that good fortune put in his mouth? — Chinua Achebe

What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us! — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea. — Plato

The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself. — Plautus

Fortune moulds and circumscribes human affairs as she pleases.
[Lat., Fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet.] — Plautus

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own. — Wilson Mizner

Seducing a girl is no art, but it needs a stroke of good fortune to find one worth seducing. — Soren Kierkegaard

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties. — Janette Rallison

Fortune Town IT Mall and buy software and electronics of all sorts very, very, very cheap, — Ramez Naam

Success, fame, and fortune, they're all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share. — Michael James Jackson

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune. — Neil Strauss

Lainie, of course, would never turn gray. No respectable woman from Texas ever would."
~ A Woman of Fortune — Kellie Coates Gilbert

It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture. — Agnes Repplier

Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent. — Critias

Whatever you wish to pay for a glimpse of your future," the fortune-teller says. Bailey stops to consider this for a moment. It is strange, but fair. — Erin Morgenstern

Acknowledge your good fortune by sharing it. — Stephen King

Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook is never quite the same. — Betty White

Exceptional results arrive only when exceptional people put in exceptional effort. It never arises by accident or good fortune. — Peter Thomas

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline. — Saadi

A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism. — Dion Fortune

Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. — Appius Claudius Caecus

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. — Robert Southwell

There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs. — Charles Caleb Colton

The true nature of the gods is that of magical images shaped out of the astral plane by mankind's thought, and influenced by the mind. — Dion Fortune

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean De La Bruyere

Time properly invested is worth a fortune. — Jim Rohn

For a lack of education, a child's future may hold no fortune. — Dennis E. Adonis

The neurotic is very often psychic, and the psychic is very often neurotic. — Dion Fortune

What you contemplate, you touch. What you enter into in imagination, you make yourself one with. — Dion Fortune

Time is our only fortune - so get scribbling — Vic Robbie

why should I demand of Fortune that she give rather than demand of myself that I should not crave? — Seneca.

Risk is what you control and fortune is really all about risk. Bottom Line: Fortune comes from big money bets on very low probability events — Ziad K. Abdelnour

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. — Sallust