Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCQuotes
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Good 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 BCSome folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCTo put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947