LUCK QUOTES VI

quotations about luck

Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.

DON SUTTON

attributed, Quote Unquote


Stoutly as we may affirm that our disasters and vices are chargeable to luck, we never dream of ascribing our meritorious deeds, in the slightest degree to its agency. In such cases we quite unconsciously blink out of sight the magic power of the latter principle, so wondrous and all-controlling in its influence at other times, and coolly appropriate to ourselves not merely the lion's share, but the whole glory of our position.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Hints on Success in Life


Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

letter to Scottie Fitzgerald, Sep. 19, 1938

Tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald


He that has the luck leads the bride to church.

DUTCH PROVERB


Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

OG MANDINO

attributed, Secrets of Lucky People: A Study of the Laws of Good Luck


Luck's just another word for destiny ... either you make your own or you're screwed.

JOHN LE CARRÉ

The Mission Song

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Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

GARRISON KEILLOR

Lake Wobegon Days


Even the luckless need their luck.

YIDDISH PROVERB


An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom.

FRENCH PROVERB

Tags: French proverbs


Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

E. B. WHITE

"Control", One Man's Meat

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Here's the thing about luck ... you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

ALICE HOFFMAN

Local Girls


After hard work, the biggest determinate is being in the right place at the right time.

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

Newsweek, Aug. 4, 1997


Luck is not chance --
It's Toil --
Fortune's expensive smile
Is earned.

EMILY DICKINSON

"Luck is not Chance", Poems

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A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.

EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Country Town Sayings

Tags: Edgar Watson Howe


A lucky chance is constant in nothing but inconstancy.

AURELIUS

attributed, Day's Collacon


I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities.

TIMOTHY ZAHN

Heir to the Empire


Luck knows no limits.

SENECA

Oedipus

Tags: Seneca


Luck sure didn't look like a lady tonight, more like the bitch she always was.

ROB THURMAN

Nightlife

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Luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in executing the correct course of action.

R. A. SALVATORE

The Halfling's Gem


Luck has two sides. One you can control--and one you can also control.

NICK OFFERMAN

Big Think, June 8, 2018