Fortune Quotes

Human Felicity is produc'd not so much by great Pieces of good Fortune that seldom happen, as by little Advantages that occur every Day.

Benjamin Franklin

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

John Dryden

I do have big tits. Always had 'em -- pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.

Dolly Parton

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs.

Lydia Maria Child

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

Oliver Goldsmith

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Euripides

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

W. Somerset Maugham

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

James Russell Lowell

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

James Russell Lowell

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

Chinese Proverb

One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.

Proverb

Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.

Proverb

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.

Oscar Wilde

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Horace

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Horace

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Honore de Balzac

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

Appius Claudius Caecus

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.

Buddha

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

Douglas William Jerrold

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

Aristotle