quotations about luck
An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom.
FRENCH PROVERB
So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into another's, that some of the most sagacious of men, as Cardinal Mazarin and Rothschild, seem to have been inclined to regard luck as the first element of worldly success; experience, sagacity, energy, and enterprise as nothing, if linked to an unlucky star.
WILLIAM MATHEWS
"Good and Bad Luck", Hints on Success in Life
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
letter to Scottie Fitzgerald, Sep. 19, 1938
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 knows no limits.
SENECA
Oedipus
Luck has two sides. One you can control--and one you can also control.
NICK OFFERMAN
Big Think, June 8, 2018
He that has the luck leads the bride to church.
DUTCH PROVERB
A sharp eye is the mother of good luck.
KEN ALSTAD
Savvy Sayin's
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more of it I have.
STEPHEN LEACOCK
Leacock on Life
The public man needs but one patron, namely the lucky moment.
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
written under pseudonym of Pisistratus Caxton, What Will He Do With It?
I always think luck's a bit like splitting a log. You're much more likely to succeed if you read the grain and look for flaw-lines.
K. J. PARKER
Evil for Evil
Even the luckless need their luck.
YIDDISH PROVERB
The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss anyone's arse.
WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Goddess Fortune", Notes on Illustrations to Dante
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
Luck sure didn't look like a lady tonight, more like the bitch she always was.
ROB THURMAN
Nightlife
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
A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Country Town Sayings
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
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
DOUGLAS JERROLD
The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold
Oh, I am fortune's fool!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Romeo and Juliet