Quotes About Fortune

Were it goodTo set the exact wealth of all our statesAll at one cast? to set so rich a mainOn the nice hazard of one doubtful hour?

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyesI all alone beweep my outcast state,And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries.

Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is goot gifts.

We ready are to try our fortunesTo the last man.

You fools of fortune, trencher-friends, time's flies.

As good luck would have it.

Men's judgments areA parcel of their fortunes, and things outwardDo draw the inward quality after them,To suffer all alike.

The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why. If you do not have things right in your life you will be overwhelmed: you may be heroic, but you will not be wise. If you have things right in your life but do not know why, you are just lucky, and you will not move in the little ways that encourage good fortune.

On the seventh hourOn the seventh dayOn the seventh monthThe seventh doctor sayHe was born for good luckAnd that you'll seeI got seven hundred dollarsDon't you mess with me

of unseasonal but nonetheless good tidings.

To me there's no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They're all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.

Era obvio que no se iba a quedar, y si de pura suerte se quedaba iba a acabar odiándome. Te digo que los tipos decentes no me van. Les traigo mala suerte.

Para valer la pena, una vida debe ser digna de contarse, me digo cada vez que me va mal, porque ya sé que los destinos torcidos se parecen a la rueda de la fortuna. No importa qué tan arriba o abajo estés, de todos modos vas a dar la vuelta.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage. For in the very nature of things, success tends to create pride and blindness in the hearts of men, while suffering teaches them to be patient and strong.

The mathematical order is beautiful precisely because it has no effect on the real world. Life isn't going to be easier, not is anyone going to make a fortune, just because they know something about prime numbers.

Life isn't going to be easier, nor is anyone going to make a fortune, just because they know something about prime numbers.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

La fortune, comme l,infortune, est une épreuve, et notre vocation est de la surmonter. (p.315)

What a stroke of good luck to be harvesting the fruits of a life once well lived.

Our life as a human being with some leisure and good fortune is not to be squandered. It's an opportunity that's rare and priceless. When we truly know this, we are profoundly grateful for the potential that each day brings.

A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.