in Quotes & Aphorisms (Destiny)
Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
from the book "Essays" by Francis Bacon
Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision.
My future is righteousness.
Whatever may befall you, it was preordained for you from everlasting.
Think of the long trip home. Should we have stayed home and thought of here? Where should we be today?
I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most? ' That's how I started painting money.
Sir, very few people reach posterity. Who amongst us may arrive at that destination I presume not to vaticinate. Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach posterity are not much more numerous than the planets.
Chance is but the pseudonyme of God for those particular cases which He does not choose to subscribe openly with his own sign-manual.
It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back.
Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.