Quotes About Fortune

Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.

What we still designate as chance, merely depends on a concatenation of circumstances, the internal connection and final causes of which we have as yet been unable to unravel.

Chance ... must be something more than the name we give to our ignorance.

Luck, however, is too dumb to remain consistent

…Do not discount the value of luck. It is a hidden and unseen attribute in a man that will save him when nothing else can— learn to embrace it.

Anyone can get their hands on a fortune but to become successful one must work intelligent and hard."- EMW

When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself.

I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.

This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while laughs in the teeth of Death.

The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.

Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment.

How could I disbelieve? Charms are in our destiny.

and you have to take gladly what life offers, she has learned that much, and sometimes you get lucky. There's nothing wrong with that, is there? There's nothing wrong with that.

if he conquers, he obtains power and good fortune. If he perishes, he obtains paradise and bliss.' The outcome of the battle therefore did not matter much to him.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments. In a religious experience, for example, it is not a thing that imposes itself on man but a spiritual presence. 5 What is retained in the soul is the moment of insight rather than the place where the act came to pass. A moment of insight is a fortune, transporting us beyond the confines of measured time.

A moment of insight is a fortune, transporting us beyond the confines of measured time.

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

BOTH IN Africa and Europe, Leopold's death had promised to mark the end of an era. Many Belgians felt relieved; at last they would be rid of the multiple embarrassments of his youthful mistress, his unseemly quarrels with his daughters, and the sheer nakedness of his greed. But it was soon clear that Leopold's ghost would not vanish so easily. The king who had died while in possession of one of Europe's largest fortunes had tried to take it with him.

As Sanford saw his inherited fortune draining away, his connections at the Belgian court loomed larger for him.

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it.