There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. Read Summary
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. Read Summary
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune. Read Summary
You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky. Read Summary
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. Read Summary
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. Read Summary
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. Read Summary
There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it. Read Summary
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick. Read Summary
The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune. Read Summary
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. Read Summary
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. Read Summary
That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke. Read Summary
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. Read Summary
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. Read Summary
A great fortune is a great slavery. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid. Read Summary
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. Read Summary
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Read Summary