LUCK QUOTES IV

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

Tags: Tennessee Williams


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


If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.

AUSONIUS

attributed, Day's Collacon


Luck simply means rising at six in the morning.

ANONYMOUS

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


Just my luck! When my ship came in, I was stuck at the airport!

MAX KAUFFMANN

attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Business Quotations


Good luck doesn't last forever.

ROMAN PROVERB


Luck is for sure a thing. It's just not the only thing.

JOSHUA EFERIGHE

"The lie of luck", Kulture Hub, June 6, 2018


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

Tags: Donald Trump


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


When it comes to luck you make your own.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

"Lucky Town", Lucky Town

Tags: Bruce Springsteen


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

GARRISON KEILLOR

Pilgrims

Tags: Garrison Keillor


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

MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

attributed, Quote Junkie: Philosophy Edition

Tags: Michel de Montaigne


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

CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA

The Exiled Queen


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

Tags: Patrick DeWitt


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

Tags: E. H. Chapin


God is a father; luck is a stepfather.

YIDDISH PROVERB


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

Tags: Ken Alstad


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

Tags: Baltasar Gracian