Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Quotes
Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Good 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 BCIt is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890There 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, 1897To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610