quotations about luck
That the saints were usually in ill luck does not canonize you.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me.
JOHN HEYWOOD
Proverbs
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Maxims of James Abram Garfield
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
RAY KROE
attributed, "The McDonald's Mystique", Fortune Magazine, Jul. 4, 1988
Luck is for sure a thing. It's just not the only thing.
JOSHUA EFERIGHE
"The lie of luck", Kulture Hub, June 6, 2018
Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.
JOAN LOWERY NIXON
In the Face of Danger
Ill luck upon ill luck and a stone for a pillow.
SPANISH PROVERB
Good luck and bad luck are strands of the same rope.
SAKURA TSUKUBA
Land of the Blindfolded
Good and bad luck is but a synonym, in the great majority of instances, for good and bad judgment. The prudent, the considerate, the circumspect, or the industrious, seldom complain of their ill-luck; it is only the grumbler, the idler, and the gambler who protest against the ills of misfortune.
CHATFIELD
attributed, Day's Collacon
Good luck doesn't last forever.
ROMAN PROVERB
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
JEAN COCTEAU
attributed, Forbes, 1985
As for luck, wait in your bed.
JAPANESE PROVERB
Success is just a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
EARL WILSON
attributed, Quips, Quotes & Queries
Luck is not the hand of God.... Luck is the way the wind swirls and the dust settles eons after God has passed by.
KURT VONNEGUT
The Sirens of Titan
When it comes to luck you make your own.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lucky Town", Lucky Town
Luck and ill luck are neighbors.
NORWEGIAN PROVERB
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
As ill-luck would have it ...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant.
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
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