Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Quotes
Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Those 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 is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813There 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 BCLuck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC