Fortune Quotes - Page 8

Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her.

It is a great good fortune, as Stendhal said, for one "to have his passion as a profession.

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring. [Lat., Posteraque in dubio est fortunam quam vehat aetas.]

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

My greatest fortune was that I was ordered to take up art for the good of my health

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

The truth brings no man a fortune.

Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one.

Le bonheur engloutit nos forces, comme le malheur e teint nos vertus. Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.

Behind every fortune there is a crime.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.