We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.
Alain de Botton

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
Jean de La Fontaine

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
William Shakespeare

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.
Adolf Hitler

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
Herman Melville

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
Jackie DeShannon

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.
Robert Southwell

When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep.
Michael Apted

When someone succeeded in quickly making a lot of money in America, people said he had made his fortune.
Julius Streicher

When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
Billie Jean King

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.
Joe Pantoliano

Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.
Hector Elizondo

Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
David Mallet

Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!
Robert Ley

You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest.
Bryan Robson

You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's better than a kick in the pants, absolutely. But doing voiceover work doesn't make you rich. It just doesn't.
Patrick Warburton

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.
Donald Sutherland

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.
Anita Baker