Fortune Quotes - Page 5
Successful salesman: someone who has found a cure for the common cold shoulder.
Robert Orben (1979). “2500 jokes to start 'em laughing”, Doubleday Books
There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.
Marcus Aurelius (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)”, p.51, Delphi Classics
John Ray (1737). “A compleat Collection of English Proverbs, also the most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other Languages”, p.13
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Charles R. Swindoll (1981). “Make up your mind --about the issues of life”, Multnomah Publishers
Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders.
Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.22, Shambhala Publications
Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth”, p.8, Penguin
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
William Shakespeare (2015). “The Merchant of Venice: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition”, p.68, Broadview Press
The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.
Song: World on Fire, Album: Afterglow, 2003
As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.117, Harvard University Press
