Quotes About Fortune

Fortune favors those who dare.

How fortunate were you, thrice fortunate and more, whose luck it was to die under the high walls of Troy before your parents' eyes!

He vivido mi vida, el noble curso / que me abrió la Fortuna he recorrido, / y ahora mi jornada bajo tierra emprendo, magna sombra. 950-955

Sweet relics, sweet so long as God and Destiny allowed, now receive my life-breath, and set me free from this suffering. I have lived my life and finished the course which Fortune allotted me.

O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt!

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,               atque metus omnis et inexorabile fatum subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis auari. Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,               atque metus omnis et inexorabile fatum subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis auari. (on Lucretius)

Gold runs in our blood.

Mindannyiunknak meg van pecsételve a sorsa, de egyesekké jobban, mint másoké.

Que rara es la vida! La suerte nos abandona cuando más propicia deseamos que nos sea.

luck, of course, will always play a role, as it does with all strategies

Bad Luck Card Cause you don't love me Is awful, awful hard. Gypsy done showed me Ma bad luck card. There ain't no good left In this world for me. Gypsy done tole me, -- Unlucky as can be. I don't know what Po' weary me can do. Gypsy says I'd kill ma self If I was you.

By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever.

We all know that joy and sorrow are entirely matters of fate and have nothing whatsoever to do with planning.

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

Hard work can get you far, but never underestimate how much luck plays in life. Can you make your own luck? No; that's why they call it luck, but you can be open when it comes along. Try not to be angry at people who squander their luck. Bastards.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

Ese día aprendi dos cosas: que el azar es caprichoso y que siempre hay que llevar el casco bien amarrado.

Devils out! Fortune in!" they chanted. Bedding aired

Is there anything sadder than losers telling themselves that they're fortunate?

It scared her to think how much her life's ease and happiness had been granted by chance. Earle could have been killed of course—but even more than that, she could have been born anywhere in the world, and to anyone, she and her loved ones suffering in ways she could barely fathom when she listened to the international news. This

porque la vida es de por sí azarosa y dada a jugarnos malas pasadas

What a dumb accident a family was. Some people got lucky, some not so lucky, and some people got the booby prize.

Destiny isn't a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice