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 Fortune favors the brave.
 [Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]  
 Fortune favors the brave.
 [Lat., Fors juvat audentes.] 
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a 
goodly heritage.  
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a 
goodly heritage. 
 That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in 
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more 
 That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in 
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath 
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she 
is the farther off." 
When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
 If hindrances obstruct the way,
 Thy magnanimity display.
  And let thy strength be seen:
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 If hindrances obstruct the way,
 Thy magnanimity display.
  And let thy strength be seen:
   But O, if Fortune fill thy sail
    With more than a propitious gale,
     Take half thy canvas in. 
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.