Quotes about Luck
They do not know the darkness and the heartaches; they only see the light and joy, and call it luck; do not see the long and arduous journey, but only behold the pleasant goal, and call it good fortune; do not understand the process, but only perceive the result, and call it chance.
— James Allen
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win
— Charles Spurgeon
As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
— George Eliot
A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win
— Charles Spurgeon
A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety and nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stocks snuggles into your heart in the same way.
— Mark Twain
Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.
— Sheryl Sandberg
I will remember the ancient law of averages and I will bend it to my good. I will persist with knowledge that each failure to sell will increase my chance for success at the next attempt. Each nay I hear will bring me closer to the sound of yea. Each frown I meet only prepares me for the smile to come. Each misfortune I encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck. I must have the night to appreciate the day. I must fail often to succeed only once.
— Og Mandino
The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune, and chance.
— Og Mandino
I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that's just about the best kind of luck you can have.
— Cormac McCarthy
If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.
— Cormac McCarthy