Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts.
Fortune crowns the bold before the worthy
Life isnβt about luck, but being ready to receive opportunities.
Fortune sides with him who dares.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
For our success to happen, millions of billions of things, the vast majority of which were neither in our control nor in our awareness, needed not only to happen but also to happen how, when, where, andβin some casesβfor how long, they have happened; and to happen to the things and the people to whom they have happened.
Happy is the heart of the king when gifts come to him. And when every foreign land [comes], that is our success, that is our fortune. What shall we do about it ? All is ruin!
The greatest virtue a person can have is not the fortune of material goods, but the fortune of intellectual values. This is the only way this world can be a better place.
Ignorance actually limits God from intervening in the misfortunes of our personal lives and that of our society.
I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets.
All the gifts which fortune bestows she can easily take away; but education, when combined with intelligence, never fails, but abides steadily on to the very end of life.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Fortune favors the audacious.
I play Texas Hold'em on my Blackberry. I have amassed a fortune on that. I have almost 30 million dollars from playing. It is unreal.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune favours the bold.