All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.

"Fortune sides with him who dares"

"By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever"

"Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged."

"You may have a vast scholarship, fame or fortune. But, the bee can give you a lesson on how to be free from torment."

"Major League Baseball is fortunate to have a man of Jimmie Lee's experience, intellect and dedication already on board to handle such a complex and important position as the chief of our baseball operations. Over the years, he has demonstrated considerable skill in working through the labyrinth of our minor league system. I have great confidence that he will be an enormous success in this key position."

"I've been fortunate."

"Mexico's making a fortune off the United States."

"Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune."

"Fortune favors the audacious."

"The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity."

"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him."

"No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is."

"When I was growing up, I was very lucky. My family was the most important thing to me. They provided me with somewhere safe to grow and learn, and I know I was fortunate not to have been confronted by serious adversity at a young age."

"To me it is the irony of fate,” she said. “The way they come here. Those moths could fly anywhere. Yet they keep hanging around the windows of this house."

"The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing"

"Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry."

"Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry."

"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor."

"The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach."

"The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you don't see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach."

"As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time."

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

"A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come."