Quotes About Fortune

But I have noticed that those who continually dread ill luck and fear it will overtake them, have no time to take advantage of any good fortune that comes their way.

But in the course of my wanderings I had the good fortune to save the ninth life of a tailor -- tailors having, like cats, nine lives, as you probably know.

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

But in the course of my wanderings I had the good fortune to save the ninth life of a tailor -- tailors having, like cats, nine lives, as you probably know. The fellow was exceedingly grateful, for had he lost that ninth life it would have been the end of him; so he begged permission to furnish me with the stylish costume I now wear. It fits very nicely, does it not?

I have been safe from molestation for many years, because I was poor and possessed nothing that anyone else could envy. But if you make me rich and prosperous I shall at once become the prey of thieves and marauders and probably will lose my life in the attempt to protect my fortune.

Too caught up in me to see, I'm holding a fortune that heaven has given to me. I'll try and show you each and every way I can, now and forever, I will be your man.

Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

If you fall from a plane onto a river, and survived, it is luck, but if you fall from a plane onto asphalt ground, and survived, then that is a miracle.

O Woman - Allah has made you the Queen of Piety and Modesty, Don't belittle yourself to be the slave of unlawful admiration and mortal fame & fortune.

With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.

Meryl Sawyer, Half Moon Bay

Some times we choose our fate, " she said. "Other times it's chosen for us." The cleft between his dark brows deepened and his jaw clenched then released. "And sometimes its what we make it.

Unlike conventional jocks, who tend to sell aluminum siding and give canned speeches to parochial-school athletic banquets in the off-season, race drivers never shuck their image when they leave the stadium. They are supposed to be zany, nomadic soldiers of fortune who are involved in wild endeavors during every waking moment.

he became very rich and prosperous, and was henceforth known as My Lord Bag of Rice.

What I own is my fortune; what I'm owed is my fate,

Lucky she was, she would reply, with no children to break her back, no husband to break her heart.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, wealth may seek us; but wisdom must be sought.