Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Quotes
To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCGood 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 BCOne should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCLuck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCIt 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, 2005