The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us, and within our reach but we shut our eyes and, like people in the dark, fall foul of the very thing we search for without finding it. Tranquility is a certain quality of mind which no condition of fortune can either exalt or depress.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Happy the man who can endure the highest And the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.
A great fortune is a great servitude.
We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do But grapple with her.
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
A great mind becomes a great fortune.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories