Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Quotes
Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCA self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45