Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCQuotes
Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCYou never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742There 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, 1897Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCThose who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8