quotations about luck
You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help.
BILL WATTERSON
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It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
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A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Maxims of James Abram Garfield
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
JEAN COCTEAU
attributed, Forbes, 1985
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Luck is for sure a thing. It's just not the only thing.
JOSHUA EFERIGHE
"The lie of luck", Kulture Hub, June 6, 2018
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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
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Good luck doesn't last forever.
ROMAN PROVERB
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Ill luck upon ill luck and a stone for a pillow.
SPANISH PROVERB
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Good luck and bad luck are strands of the same rope.
SAKURA TSUKUBA
Land of the Blindfolded
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Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me.
JOHN HEYWOOD
Proverbs
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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
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Success is just a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
EARL WILSON
attributed, Quips, Quotes & Queries
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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
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Luck and ill luck are neighbors.
NORWEGIAN PROVERB
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As for luck, wait in your bed.
JAPANESE PROVERB
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When it comes to luck you make your own.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lucky Town", Lucky Town
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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
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As ill-luck would have it ...
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
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Watch out w'en you're gittin all you want. Fattenin' hogs ain't in luck.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
"Plantation Proverbs", Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
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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
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Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant.
STEVE MARABOLI
Unapologetically You
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