quotations about luck
Luck is for sure a thing. It's just not the only thing.
JOSHUA EFERIGHE
"The lie of luck", Kulture Hub, June 6, 2018
Good luck and bad luck are strands of the same rope.
SAKURA TSUKUBA
Land of the Blindfolded
When it comes to luck you make your own.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lucky Town", Lucky Town
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Maxims of James Abram Garfield
I broke a mirror in my house. I'm supposed to get seven years of bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
STEVEN WRIGHT
stand-up routine
If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.
AUSONIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Just my luck! When my ship came in, I was stuck at the airport!
MAX KAUFFMANN
attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Business Quotations
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.
SAMUEL SMILES
Thrift
Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant.
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve.
DONALD TRUMP
Think Big
Luck is a precious commodity. There's only so much to go around. And even if you do have a good-luck streak, some balancing bad luck is right around the corner. Just ask any honest gambler.
CAPRICE CRANE
With a Little Luck: A Novel
God is a father; luck is a stepfather.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Luck was something you either earned or invented through strength of character. You had to come by it honestly; you could not trick or bluff your way into it.
PATRICK DEWITT
The Sisters Brothers
Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.
JAMES ELLIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
The best men are not those who have waited for chances, but taken them -- besieged the chance, conquered the chance, and made the chance their servitor.
E. H. CHAPIN
Living Words
There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
BALTHASAR GRACIAN
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Watch out w'en you're gittin all you want. Fattenin' hogs ain't in luck.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
"Plantation Proverbs", Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.
GARRISON KEILLOR
Pilgrims
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
attributed, Quote Junkie: Philosophy Edition
Lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.
CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA
The Exiled Queen