#fortune

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

#afloat #bound #current #flood #fortune

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

#clock #during #fortune #frightened #go

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#fame #fortune #go #idol #like

The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#large #regretted #thing

Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields. ↗

— Julius Streicher

#america #american #clear #continent #contributions

There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff - something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#call #cologne #exercise #fortune #going

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#broken #easily #fortune #glass #glitter

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#crimes #follies #indeed #little #mankind

Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have. ↗

— John Tesh

#being #being honest #biggest #everything #faith

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#attacking #beats #dare #fortune #his