Luck Quotes
It is bad luck to be superstitious.Andrew W. Mathis
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident - - The luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.Edward C. Banfield
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.Abraham Lincoln
Some folks say it was a miracle. Saint Francis suddenly appeared and knocked the next pitch clean over the fence. But I think it was just a lucky swing.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.Ernest Hemingway, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech
What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.G. K. Chesterton
Old birds are hard to pluck.German prove
Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.Robert A. Heinlein
Never have anything to do with an unlucky place, or an unlucky man. I have seen many clever men, very clever men, who had not shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice sounds very well, but they cannot get on themselves; and if they cannot do good to themselves, how can they do good for me?Rothschild
In a way the CID man was pretty lucky, because outside the hospital the war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. All over the world, boys on every side of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country, and no one seemed to mind, least of all the boys who were laying down their young lives.Joesph Heller, Catch - 22
Go and wake up your luck.Persian Prove
Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you... and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.The Talmud
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.Samuel Goldwyn
Orthodox medicine has not found an answer to your complaint. However, luckily for you, I happen to be a quack.Richter cartoon caption
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult.Charlotte Whitton
Happiness is always a by - Product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.Robertson Davies
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.Langston Coleman
I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.Benjamin Franklin
Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger a miracle may not save you... and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.The Talmud
He who does not venture has no luck.Mexican Prove
The harder I work, the luckier I get.Samuel Goldwyn
Luck is a very good word if you put a P before it.Author Unknown
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.Bret Harte
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.Thomas Jefferson
Luck happens when oppurtunity encounters the prepared mind.Denis Watley
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.Don Schula
It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.Thomas Carlyle
The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.C. S. Forester, Commodore Hornblowe
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.James A. Garfield
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.Garrison Keillo
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.D. H. Lawrence
Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.Erica Jong
An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks.Ogden Nash
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.Samuel Smiles
