LUCK QUOTES IV

quotations about luck

Luck simply means rising at six in the morning.

ANONYMOUS

Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries, May 10, 1902


The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.

WILL CUPPY

How to Attract the Wombat

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When it comes to luck you make your own.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

"Lucky Town", Lucky Town

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As ill-luck would have it ...

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Don Quixote

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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

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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 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


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


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

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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

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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

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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

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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


Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

attributed, Quote Junkie: Philosophy Edition

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You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.

GARRISON KEILLOR

Pilgrims

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Lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.

CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA

The Exiled Queen