Welcome to our collection of Fortune Quotes, where wisdom and inspiration converge to illuminate the pursuit of success, wealth, and prosperity. Throughout history, humanity has been captivated by the enigmatic nature of fortune, seeking to unravel its mysteries and harness its power for personal advancement. From ancient philosophers to modern entrepreneurs, individuals have contemplated the intricate dance between fate and effort, chance and choice, that shapes our destinies.
In this curated compilation, we delve into the profound insights and reflections of thinkers, leaders, and visionaries who have grappled with the concept of fortune in its myriad forms. Whether it’s through profound philosophical musings, practical advice on business and finance, or timeless anecdotes of triumph and adversity, these quotes offer invaluable perspectives on navigating the unpredictable currents of life in pursuit of prosperity. Join us as we explore the rich tapestry of ideas surrounding fortune, inviting you to ponder, reflect, and draw inspiration from the timeless wisdom encapsulated within these words. Now, without further ado, let us embark on a journey through the realm of fortune, where insights await to enlighten and empower.
Too few rejoice at a friend’s good fortune. Aeschylus
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn
A wise man turns chance into good fortune. Thomas Fuller
I believe that if you don’t derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don’t come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don’t feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste. Srikumar Rao
I’ve had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work. Kamala Harris
Fortune favours the bold. Virgil
Don’t be surprised at Fortune’s turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before. Hafez
Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I’ve consistently strived to create whatever good fortune I can get in my life – and consistently strive just as hard not to screw it up once I have it! Patrick Duffy
Constantine ‘Costa’ Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business. Dan Pena
The second you think that all your good fortune is a product of your virtue, you become highly judgmental, lacking empathy, totally without self-awareness, arrogant, stupid – I mean, all the stuff that our ruling class is. Tucker Carlson
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. Virgil
Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. Publilius Syrus
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. Michel de Montaigne
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. Hermann Hesse
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. William Shakespeare
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great. Johann Georg Zimmermann
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. Benjamin Disraeli
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. Niccolo Machiavelli
I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native grasses, or five migratory birds within walking distance of their homes, or name the soil series upon which their house sits. And I would contend that if you don’t know where you are, you are in fact nowhere at all. Paul Hawken
The NBA’s a Fortune 500 company. That’s how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you don’t see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach. Carmelo Anthony
Labor is the fabled magician’s wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. James Weldon Johnson
Sometimes when you gamble, you get up from the table with a fortune. Rene Angelil
Don’t listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they’d sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance. Michael Cudlitz
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. Francis Bacon
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. Horace
Action makes more fortune than caution. Charlotte Whitton
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune. Amelia Earhart
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. Francis Quarles
People get a little sidelined thinking that fame and fortune is going to bring them happiness, peace and contentment in their lives. Everyone thinks they want to be famous until the paparazzi are in their face, and then they’re asking, ‘Just give me some privacy.’ Linda Thompson
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. Miguel de Cervantes
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Baltasar Gracian
No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. Euripides
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing. Sophocles
Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold. Eric Butterworth
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune. Thomas Gray
I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free. Vanity
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. P. T. Barnum
There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian. Thales
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune. Tecumseh
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. Friedrich Schiller
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. Mike Tyson
The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. Torquato Tasso
I’ve made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public. Joanna Garcia
I am very grateful for the opportunities I’ve had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion. Hansjorg Wyss
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an added good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great movements of their time. I am glad and thankful that this was my case. Emmeline Pankhurst
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. Laurence J. Peter
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench for this gear. William Shakespeare
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. Anatole France
A life lived with integrity – even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come. Denis Waitley
I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth. Saint Patrick
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. Rachel Field
Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality its left. John Ray
We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune. Charles Kuralt
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune. Quintilian
Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet. Zig Ziglar
I am pleased, with a feeling of good fortune, to be from Selanik. If you want to know the truth better, I feel that my chest is overflowing with a feeling of pride. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. Plutarch
A single woman with a very narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid – the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else. Jane Austen
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. Walt Whitman
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune. Sam Walton
I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. Mae West
Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better. Yao Ming
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. William Penn
I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children. Demi Moore
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’ Marcus Aurelius
A soldier of fortune with twisted tongue will come to pillage the sanctuary of the gods; To the heretics he will open the gate, thus stirring up the Church militant. Nostradamus
Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny. Alfred A. Montapert
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. Ulysses S. Grant
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. Charles V
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. Marcus Valerius Martial
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. Robert Louis Stevenson
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. Anita Baker
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Robert A. Heinlein
But no, I’m not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who’s going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don’t have as much good fortune as others. Mark Wahlberg
For the last couple of years, as the economic ground beneath all I’ve accomplished and cherished has shifted so profoundly in a life-shattering reversal of fortune, I’ve trained myself to stay alert when the roar and the rumbling of what could be catastrophic change begins. Sarah Ban Breathnach
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy. Boethius
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Jane Austen
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun. Thomas Carlyle
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. J. Paul Getty
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low. Ovid
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all. John Greenleaf Whittier
Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune. Arthur Schopenhauer
Fortune and love favor the brave. Ovid
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. Sallust
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Honore de Balzac
Fortune befriends the bold. Emily Dickinson
The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some. Sarah McLachlan
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. Horace
Fortune favors the brave. Terence
Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that’s a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It’s a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it. Pete Hegseth
