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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
 You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
 [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more 
 You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
 [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar), 
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
 If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not 
despond.
 [Lat., Si fortuna juvat, read more 
 If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not 
despond.
 [Lat., Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli;
  Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.] 
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can read more
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
 It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
 [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]  
 It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
 [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.] 
 Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
 Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.  
 Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
 Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.