Fortune Quotes

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Small: Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered
William Shakespeare
"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage
William Shakespeare
"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 in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: What good fortune for governments that the people do not think
Adolf Hitler
"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
Small: Behind every great fortune lies a great crime
Honore de Balzac
"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall
Francis Bacon
"Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
Small: From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune
"From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune"
Tecumseh, Leader
Small: My pride fell with my fortunes
William Shakespeare
"My pride fell with my fortunes"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too and
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
Small: Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs
"Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs"
Silius Italicus, Poet
Small: Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes
William Shakespeare
"Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: A wise man turns chance into good fortune
Thomas Fuller
"A wise man turns chance into good fortune"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: A mans best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
Thomas Fuller
"A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Diligence is the mother of good fortune
Benjamin Disraeli
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
Small: Every man is the architect of his own fortune
Sallust
"Every man is the architect of his own fortune"
Sallust, Historian
Small: How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tr
"How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy"
Paul Sweeney, Politician
Small: Fortune befriends the bold
Emily Dickinson
"Fortune befriends the bold"
Emily Dickinson, Poet
Small: This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and t
"This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board?"
William Kidd, Explorer
Small: Well, if Fortune be a woman, shes a good wench for this gear
William Shakespeare
"Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts
Cicero
"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts"
Cicero, Philosopher
Small: Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense
Ambrose Bierce
"Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it
Seneca the Younger
"The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
Small: Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder
Alfred A. Montapert
"Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
Small: We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either
Niccolo Machiavelli
"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
Small: Fortune favors the audacious
"Fortune favors the audacious"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you
Virgil
"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you"
Virgil, Writer
Small: Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance
Virgil
"Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance"
Virgil, Writer
Small: I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the
"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"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
Small: Were going to shoot one Polaroid per show. Im going to sign this before it even develops because I know that o
Charlie Sheen
"We're going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I'm going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it's worth a fortune. I'll make this a work of magic warlock art"
Charlie Sheen, Actor
Small: Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not
Ben Jonson
"Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not"
Ben Jonson, Poet
Small: Formal education will make you a living self-education will make you a fortune
Jim Rohn
"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune"
Jim Rohn, Businessman
Small: From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opport
"From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance"
Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman
Small: The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes
"The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil"
Henry James Sumner Maine, Historian
Small: I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one fo
"I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor
Small: Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing
Sophocles
"Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing"
Sophocles, Author
Small: There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune
Sophocles
"There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune"
Sophocles, Author
Small: Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advanta
Benjamin Franklin
"Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner
Benjamin Franklin
"He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment
Euripides
"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment"
Euripides, Poet
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