Famous Quotes & Sayings

Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever

Herman Melville

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Karl Shapiro

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. Cervantes Every war has its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.

We sailed pretty solidly all week and today as well. Fortunes are won and lost pretty easily, race-to-race in this game. The guys all stayed level and we approached each race as it came.

William Carman

Thank God for povertyThat makes and keeps us free,That lets us go our unobtrusive way,Glad of the sun and rain,Upright, serene, humane,Contented with the fortune of a day.

Mark Twain

It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.

Our members are growing more rapidly than most Fortune 500 or S&P 500. We've measured their growth from before joining TEC and after, and there is a significant growth after joining us.

Saint Basil

Troubles are usually brooms and shovels that smooth the road to the good man's fortune. . .

We don't want to make a fortune. We just want to make a living.

Sam Zell

We made fortunes off of leverage (before going public), and you're not going to make fortunes in the public market off of leverage.

is tying your fortune to the fortune of the housing market.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fortune comes well to all that comes not late.

Dikembe Mutombo

I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.

Francis Bacon

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Confucius

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, "I shall today be uppermost

Henry David Thoreau

I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

Jeffrey Gitomer

If you make a sale, you can earn a commission. If you make a friend, you can earn a fortune!

George Herbert

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

Howard Gossage

If you have a lemon; make lemonade.

No wise person should make known the loss of fortune, any malpractice in their house, his being cheated, or having been disgraced.

Benjamin Franklin

No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session.

The thing about it is, Michael Robinson, Matthew Rice and me, you would think that we are fortune-tellers, the way we scripted the season up to this point. We predicted it all.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The shifts of fortune tests the reliability of friends

William Shakespeare

The mightiest space in fortune nature bringsTo join like likes and kiss like native things.

If you have no enemies, then fortune passed you by

Carrie Coon

I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on 'The Leftovers' are thoughtful, hard working, open people and generous people.

Horace

Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune. [Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]

I feel like I won the lottery. This is just unbelievable good fortune to get to do this all in one year.

Mike Johnston

If our viewers were worried about one specific thing, ... it was where 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune' were going to be.

I remember being told 'Someone's gonna make a fortune out of this rap thing' and thinking 'no way'.

It's a good way to make a small fortune smaller.