quotations about luck
Luck, if it mean nothing more than an event of which the cause is not apparent, is a term that may be employed without error; but if it means, as it generally does, an event which has no cause at all, a mere chance, it is a bad word, a heathen term; drop it from your vocabulary; trust nothing to luck, nor expect anything from it; avoid all practical use or dependence upon this or its kindred words, fate, chance, fortune.
JOHN ANGELL JAMES
The Young Man's Friend and Guide Through Life to Immortality
I never knew anyone to get stung by hornets, who kept away from where they were; it is just so with bad luck.
H. W. SHAW
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
A Damsel in Distress
The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
JOYCE CAROL OATES
Do With Me What You Will
The night has soon befallen,
And Lady Luck has fled;
I'll count my lucky blessings,
And quit while I'm ahead.
JOHN H. HUTCHINSON
"Lady Luck", Poems from the Heart