Sentence examples for secure fortune from inspiring English sources

In particular he explains how the "third-generation syndrome" works: the first generation builds an empire, the second one consolidates it, the third one loses it, forgetting that an apparently secure fortune depends in fact on their continuing efforts.

The result is an automated form of prayer, which the votary believes may secure good fortune and the prospect of liberation from the round of birth and death.

Promises to raise the dead, secure good fortune or heal through the laying on of hands are all at risk of legal action from disgruntled customers.

Rain rituals as early as the 6th century bce involved a dragon image animated by a procession of dancers; similar dances are still practiced in traditional Chinese communities to secure good fortune.

Jimmy Erskine observes that Laszlo "had secured … good fortune by virtue of being a kind and deserving person.

And secondly, there has been a sharp decline in the creditworthiness of some hitherto blue-chip borrowers notably Xerox, which may have avoided bankruptcy only by drawing down a credit line that it had the foresight (or good fortune) to secure in happier times.

"Secure people are aware of their incessant good fortune," he says.

Thanks to years of study, professional focus, and good fortune, we were stable, happy and secure.

D's scurrilous surviving children, who hope to secure the fortune.

A gentleman indeed, whose only wish is to secure his fortune by bumping off a few inconvenient relatives in Edwardian England.

The question is: How far will Edward go to secure the fortune, and will anyone be able to stop him?