38 Fortune Quotes to Inspire Success (MOTIVATION)

Updated onDecember 1, 2023

Top 10 Most Famous Fortune Quotes (BEST)

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. - Jim Rohn — Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – Jim Rohn

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration. - Evan Esar — Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration. – Evan Esar

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. - Robert A. Heinlein — One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. – Robert A. Heinlein

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. - P. T. Barnum — Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. – P. T. Barnum

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. - Socrates — Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. – Socrates

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

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. - Virgil — Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. – Virgil

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 — 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

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. - Walt Whitman — Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. – Walt Whitman

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. ― Mahatma Gandhi — Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. ― Mahatma Gandhi

15 Inspirational Quotes About Fortune

“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. - Benjamin Disraeli — Diligence is the mother of good fortune. – Benjamin Disraeli

All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just. ― Boethius Read — All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just. ― Boethius

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. - Ovid — Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. – Ovid

The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do. - Abraham Maslow — The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do. – Abraham Maslow

Fortune favors the prepared mind. - Louis Pasteur — Fortune favors the prepared mind. – Louis Pasteur

Change yourself and fortune will change. - Portuguese Proverb — Change yourself and fortune will change. – Portuguese Proverb

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. - Baltasar Gracian — To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. – Baltasar Gracian

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

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. - Marcus Tullius Cicero — Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man. ― Jeannette Walls — You’ll never make a fortune working for the boss man. ― Jeannette Walls

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. - Plautus — I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. – Plautus

No matter how much money, fame and fortune you have, it doesn’t mean nothing if it’s not connected with love. - Adam Lambert — No matter how much money, fame and fortune you have, it doesn’t mean nothing if it’s not connected with love. – Adam Lambert

Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try. - Sheryl Sandberg — Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try. – Sheryl Sandberg

13 Fortune Quotes That Will Make You Think

“So dry your tears. Fortune has not yet turned her hatred against all your blessings. The storm has not yet broken upon you with too much violence. Your anchors are holding firm and they permit you both comfort in the present, and hope in the future.”
Boethius

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her. - Mark Twain — Fortune knocks at every man’s door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her. – Mark Twain

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Behind every successful fortune there is a crime. ― Mario Puzo — Behind every successful fortune there is a crime. ― Mario Puzo

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. - Francis Quarles — Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. – Francis Quarles

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. - Robert Louis Stevenson — An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. – Robert Louis Stevenson

When you truly love yourself, you do not envy the good fortune of others but trust that there is enough love and abundance to go around. - Dr. Debra Reble — When you truly love yourself, you do not envy the good fortune of others but trust that there is enough love and abundance to go around. – Dr. Debra Reble

A great mind becomes a great fortune. - Seneca — A great mind becomes a great fortune. – Seneca

The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some. - Sarah McLachlan — The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some. – Sarah McLachlan

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. - Thomas Carlyle — There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. – Thomas Carlyle

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. - Publilius Syrus — Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. – Publilius Syrus

You will never win fame and fortune unless you invent big ideas. - David Ogilvy — You will never win fame and fortune unless you invent big ideas. – David Ogilvy

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. - Horace — A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. – Horace

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