More quotations tagged with “fortune”
When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above.
—Lisa See in Shanghai Girls
Fortune befriends the bold.
—Emily Dickinson
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, / And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
—Juvenal
Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath.
—Charlotte Joko Beck
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
—Walt Whitman