Quotes about fortune

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

— Francis Bacon

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

— Honore De Balzac

Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.

— Eric Butterworth

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

— Appius Claudius Caecus

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

— Charles V

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

— Appius Claudius

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

— John Dryden

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

— Euripides

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

— Benjamin Franklin

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

— Horace

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

— Horace

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

— Douglas William Jerrold

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

— Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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

— James Russell Lowell

Good fortune and evil fortune come to all things alike in this world of time.

— Moasi

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

— Charles De Montesquieu

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

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

— Ovid

I do have big tits. Always had 'em -- pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.

— Dolly Parton

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

— Louis Pasteur

One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.

— Proverb

Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.

— Proverb

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

— Chinese Proverb

Against change of fortune set a brave heart.

— French Proverb

In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.

— German Proverb

Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.

— Latin Proverb

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

— Francis Quarles

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

— John Ruskin

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery. [Julius Caesar]

— William Shakespeare

Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

— Publilius Syrus

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

— Mark Twain

Fortune does not so much change men, as it unmasks them.

— Source Unknown

Fortune favors the brave.

— Virgil

Fortune sides with him who dares.

— Virgil

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

— Vincent Voiture

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

— Walt Whitman

Fortune is where the love is.

— Mak Kazeronnie

Only the misfortune understands what fortune is, and knows how to treasure it.

— Mak Kazeronnie

Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.

— Buddha