quotations about luck
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
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 is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant.
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
Luck simply means rising at six in the morning.
ANONYMOUS
Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries, May 10, 1902
Ill luck upon ill luck and a stone for a pillow.
SPANISH 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 it comes to luck you make your own.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lucky Town", Lucky Town
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
If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.
AUSONIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Good luck doesn't last forever.
ROMAN PROVERB
You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.
GARRISON KEILLOR
Pilgrims
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
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
attributed, Quote Junkie: Philosophy Edition
You never know your luck till the wheel stops.
KEN ALSTAD
Savvy Sayin's
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
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 whines; labor whistles.
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