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"Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one." »Jim Hightower
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"Knowledge acquired by a man of low degree places him on a level with a prince, as a small river attains the irremeable ocean; and his fortune is then exalted." »The Hitopadesa
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"Lament not Fortune?s mutability, And seize her fickle favours ere they flee; If others never mourned departed bliss, How should a turn of fortune come to thee?" »Omar Khayyam
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"I have often thought that the cause of men?s good or ill fortune depends on whether they make their actions fit with the times. A man having prospered by one mode of acting can never be persuaded that it may be well for him to act differently, whence it is that a man?s fortune varies, because she changes her times and he does not his ways." »Machiavelli
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"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth." »Saadi
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"Audentis Fortuna iuvat. (Fortune assists the bold) also fortune favors the bold." »Virgil
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"Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune is always here." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination." »J. R. R. Tolkien
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"When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there... now instead of then." »Blaise Pascal
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"Whoever sets himself to see things as they are will find himself one of a very small circle but it is only by this small circle resolutely doing its own work that adequate ideas will ever get current at all." »Matthew Arnold
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""Your journey is JUST beginning and the small challenges u face now are just a moment in time, so small and so insignificant. Keep your eyes on the light, move forward with grace, confidence and integrity. Know that you are creating as u so desired long ago and that our paths are exactly where they are suppose to be in this NOW moment." Tamaey Gottuso" »Tamaey Gottuso
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"Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is a small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof." »Dogen Zenji
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"So far as modern science is concerned, we have to abandon completely the idea that by going into the realm of the small we shall reach the ultimate foundations of the universe. I believe we can abandon this idea without any regret. The universe is infinite in all directions, not only above us in the large but also below us in the small." »Emil Wiechert
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"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat." »Napolean Hill
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"During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk." »Fred Allen
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"For ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment." »Confucius, nalects, IV.11
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"Every one is the architect of his own fortune." »Mathurin Regnier
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"Every man is the architect of his own fortune." »Sallust
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"fortune does not change men, it unmasks them." »Suzanne Necker
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"fortune favors the brave." »Virgil
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"I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it." »Mae West
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"fortune is a giver and a taker." »Polish Proverb
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"Depend not on fortune, but on conduct." »Publilius Syrus
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"fortune helps the brave." »Terence
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"fortune favors the bold." »Virgil
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"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." »Honore' de Balzac
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"He was guilty of nothing, except that he earned his own fortune and never forgot that it was his." »Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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"Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family." »J. S. Bryan
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"The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works." »Miguel de Cervantes
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