quotations about luck
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
RAY KROE
attributed, "The McDonald's Mystique", Fortune Magazine, Jul. 4, 1988
Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me.
JOHN HEYWOOD
Proverbs
Luck and ill luck are neighbors.
NORWEGIAN 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
Things don't happen because they're bad or good, else all eggs would be addled or none at all, and at the most it is but six to the dozen. There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.
GEORGE ELIOT
Felix Holt
Ill luck upon ill luck and a stone for a pillow.
SPANISH PROVERB
When it comes to luck you make your own.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lucky Town", Lucky Town
Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.
JOAN LOWERY NIXON
In the Face of Danger
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
JEAN COCTEAU
attributed, Forbes, 1985
Good luck doesn't last forever.
ROMAN PROVERB
Luck is not the hand of God.... Luck is the way the wind swirls and the dust settles eons after God has passed by.
KURT VONNEGUT
The Sirens of Titan
Luck can only get you so far.
J. K. ROWLING
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Luck simply means rising at six in the morning.
ANONYMOUS
Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries, May 10, 1902
As ill-luck would have it ...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
As for luck, wait in your bed.
JAPANESE PROVERB
Success is just a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
EARL WILSON
attributed, Quips, Quotes & Queries
Good luck and bad luck are strands of the same rope.
SAKURA TSUKUBA
Land of the Blindfolded
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
I'm very lucky. The only time I was ever up shit creek, I just happened to have a paddle with me.
GEORGE CARLIN
Brain Droppings