Luck - Quotes

Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces. - Italian Proverb

Ill luck upon ill luck and a stone for a pillow. - Spanish Proverb

Ill luck, you know, seldom comes alone. - Miguel de Cervantes

It's better to be lucky than wise. - English Proverb

It's hard to detect good luck – it looks so much like something you've earned. - Frank A. Clark

I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. - Timothy Zahn

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish. - Ovid

Luck and ill luck are neighbours. - Norwegian Proverb

Luck can only get you so far. - J. K. Rowling

Luck is a discernible, if mysterious, pattern of influences on your life path. - David Daniel Kennedy

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. - Ray Kroe

Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need. - P. G. Wodehouse

Luck is a precious commodity. There's only so much to go around. And even if you do have a good-luck streak, some balancing bad luck is right around the corner. Just ask any honest gambler. - Caprice Crane

Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant. - Steve Maraboli

Luck is an accident that happens to the competent. - Albert M Greenfield

Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it. - Vera Nazarian

Luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in executing the correct course of action. - R. A. Salvatore

Luck is the residue of design. - Branch Rickey

Luck knows no limits. - Seneca

Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labour turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence. - Samuel Smiles

Luck makes friends. - Ovid

Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds. - Ian Fleming

Luck was something you either earned or invented through strength of character. You had to come by it honestly; you could not trick or bluff your way into it. - Patrick Dewitt

Luck, by definition, is random and completely unpredictable. Good luck is as common as bad luck. Good luck increases returns and bad luck lowers them. Given enough time, however, the net effect of luck on average returns is small. In contrast, skill has a systematic positive effect. - Larry Harris

Luck, good or bad, is the invisible play of mind upon affairs, the effect of mental aptitudes and habits which are not in sight, but which work and bring forth their due issues. - James Vila Blake