Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947
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To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCYou never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45