Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
Alexander Pope quote on Fortune, Arrogance
To be thrown upon one’s own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.
Benjamin Franklin – Fortune, Energy
I never admired another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Cicero – Fortune
Whatever fortune brings, don’t be afraid of doing things.
