quotations about luck
You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky.... To hold front position in this rat-race you've got to believe you are lucky.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
A Streetcar Named Desire
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
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
As for luck, wait in your bed.
JAPANESE PROVERB
Just my luck! When my ship came in, I was stuck at the airport!
MAX KAUFFMANN
attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Business Quotations
Ill luck upon ill luck and a stone for a pillow.
SPANISH PROVERB
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
Good luck doesn't last forever.
ROMAN PROVERB
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 for sure a thing. It's just not the only thing.
JOSHUA EFERIGHE
"The lie of luck", Kulture Hub, June 6, 2018
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
You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.
GARRISON KEILLOR
Pilgrims
Lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.
CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA
The Exiled Queen
God is a father; luck is a stepfather.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
attributed, Quote Junkie: Philosophy Edition
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
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
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
You never know your luck till the wheel stops.
KEN ALSTAD
Savvy Sayin's
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