"Acting at the right time is the cord that binds fortune fast."
Thiruvalluvar
10 FAMOUS QUOTES · FORTUNE
Read 10 famous fortune quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
"Acting at the right time is the cord that binds fortune fast."
Thiruvalluvar
"Fortune favors the brave."
Terence
"Fortune dwells with the industrious; misfortune dwells with the idle."
Thiruvalluvar
"We make our fortunes and we call them fate."
Benjamin Disraeli
“Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but she still leaves us to direct the other half.”Niccolò Machiavelli
“We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.”Niccolò Machiavelli
"Good luck needs no explanation."
Shirley Temple
“Fortune is not only blind herself, but generally blinds those whom she embraces.”
Cicero
“Fortune is like glass: the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”
Publilius Syrus
“Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.”
Sophocles