quotations about luck
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
letter to Scottie Fitzgerald, Sep. 19, 1938
Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.
DON SUTTON
attributed, Quote Unquote
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
An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom.
FRENCH PROVERB
He that has the luck leads the bride to church.
DUTCH PROVERB
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
A lucky chance is constant in nothing but inconstancy.
AURELIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Here's the thing about luck ... you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.
ALICE HOFFMAN
Local Girls
Luck is not chance --
It's Toil --
Fortune's expensive smile
Is earned.
EMILY DICKINSON
"Luck is not Chance", Poems
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
After hard work, the biggest determinate is being in the right place at the right time.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
Newsweek, Aug. 4, 1997
A sharp eye is the mother of good luck.
KEN ALSTAD
Savvy Sayin's
Luck's just another word for destiny ... either you make your own or you're screwed.
JOHN LE CARRÉ
The Mission Song
Luck knows no limits.
SENECA
Oedipus
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
Luck is a discernible, if mysterious, pattern of influences on your life path.
DAVID DANIEL KENNEDY
Feng Shui for Dummies
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. WHITE
"Control", One Man's Meat
Oh, I am fortune's fool!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Romeo and Juliet
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
GARY PLAYER
Golf Digest, Oct. 2002
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