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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Quotations regarding 'Fortune'
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, Spanish Philosopher (1601-1658)
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
Ulysses S. Grant, American President (1822-1885)
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
Thomas Gray, English Poet (1716-1771)
There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college.
Dante Hall, American Athlete (1978- )
My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist (1804-1864)
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
Francis Herbert Hedge, British Philosopher
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer (1907-1988)
I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.
Anna Held, Polish Entertainer (1872-1918)
A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
Anna Held, Polish Entertainer (1872-1918)
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
Arthur Helps, British Historian (1813-1875)
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
Herodotus, Greek Historian
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, German Novelist (1877-1962)
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
Thomas W. Higginson, American Clergyman
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
Jim Hightower, American Activist (1943- )
What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.
Adolf Hitler, Criminal (1889-1945)
If ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't know about economics.
Luther H. Hodges, American Politician (1898-1974)
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, American Writer (1809-1894)
If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
Horace, Roman Poet
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Horace, Roman Poet
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Horace, Roman Poet
