Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
A broker is a man who runs your fortune into a shoestring.
People talk about me as if I am the sole inheritor of the Guinness family fortune and worth masses, but I have hundreds of cousins.
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.
Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.
We each build our own future. We are the architects of our own fortune.
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
Bear good fortune modestly.
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.
Musicians should never forget that we're blessed. We have a special gift that people can enjoy through us. We've had the good fortune to receive this and pass it along to others.
We all know a variety of ways to make a living. What's even more fascinating is figuring out ways to make a fortune.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore.
I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your lap, thereby enhancing the artistic effect of the sequel.
The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.
We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.
The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.
Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.