LUCK QUOTES IX

quotations about luck

Luck, if it mean nothing more than an event of which the cause is not apparent, is a term that may be employed without error; but if it means, as it generally does, an event which has no cause at all, a mere chance, it is a bad word, a heathen term; drop it from your vocabulary; trust nothing to luck, nor expect anything from it; avoid all practical use or dependence upon this or its kindred words, fate, chance, fortune.

JOHN ANGELL JAMES

The Young Man's Friend and Guide Through Life to Immortality


The only thing I ever learned was that some people are lucky and other people aren't and not even a graduate of the Harvard Business School can say why.

KURT VONNEGUT

The Sirens of Titan


The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

JOYCE CAROL OATES

Do With Me What You Will

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Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need.

P. G. WODEHOUSE

A Damsel in Distress

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The night has soon befallen,
And Lady Luck has fled;
I'll count my lucky blessings,
And quit while I'm ahead.

JOHN H. HUTCHINSON

"Lady Luck", Poems from the Heart