Quotes About Fortune

He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of love, fights with pleasure and confidence; he resists equally one or many men, and scarcely needs at all the help of fortune. Those whom he conquers yield joyfully

In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.

According to the karma of past actions, one's destiny unfolds, even though everyone wants to be so lucky.

Even Fortune herself has had an adverse fortune.

A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.

Luck's a revolving door, you just need to know when it's your time to walk through.

If a man who can't count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

That is how our arch-adventurer likes to live, moving on from explosion to explosion of fortune and misfortune.

Good fortune and bad are both fine tests of a man's character. Mesmer had not been boastful or presumptuous in the days of his fame, and now, when the world had suddenly forgotten him, he was modest and stoical. Far from making any attempt to attract attention to himself, when an endeavor was made to recall him into the limelight he rejected the overture.

Çünkü insanl?k tarihi davetsiz misafirleri sevmezdi; kahramanlar?n? kendi seçer, ne kadar usand?r?c? bir çabaya girerse girsinler hakk? olmayanlar? ac?mas?zca geri çevirirdi; talihin ilerlemekte olan arabas?ndan bir kez düÅŸen bir kiÅŸi, arabaya bir daha yetiÅŸemezdi.

Destiny cuts the cake of love, Three slices to some, To others, a crumb.

Di questi tempi è duro far gli spiritosi se non si è miliardari.

What a pleasant life could be had in this world by a handsome, sensible old lady of good fortune, blessed with a sound constitution and a firm will

L'Ollonais's men were reported to have blown through 260,000 pieces of eight, or $13.5 million in today's dollars, in three short weeks

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

The truth brings no man a fortune.

As a decrepit father takes delight To see his active child do deeds of youth, So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.

The truth is, you win the Lotto. That's really how you have to approach it. You're a lottery winner when you get a sitcom and it goes.

Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore.

The truth is that my grandfather was quite wealthy, a shipbuilder.

The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other.