Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Quotes
To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCMisfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.
—Zhuangzi, c. 300 BCYou never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947