Quotes About Luck

These days, "getting lucky" means drinking an entire cup of COFFEE while it's still HOT!

Luck is merely a product of the happily delusional mind.

Growing up in a family of gamblers, daredevils and practical jokers, I've learned a lot about timing and its first cousin, dumb luck, concepts I was introduced to while still in the womb.

Were the stars against him? A woman's fingers are quicker in the sky and shine more brightly.

Is it a lucky break if you get run over by an ambulance?

I apply for a new job twice a week, every week. I am applying for the position of millionaire but so far my numbers haven't come up.

I've got just as much luck with locks as I do hearts. In other words, no luck at all.

Just my luck: My bloodthirsty killing machine was better with both kids and women than I was.

If life is a game... I need new dice!

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.

Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter.

Chance favors only those who court her.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Chance is the providence of adventurers.

Even the lucky ones, who do manage to become happy by attaining their goals, live each day in fear of losing whatever it is they may have gained.

The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up.

Don't be deceived by life's outcomes. Life's outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them.

This has been, all in all, a memorable day. If my luck holds out, I should get hit by a truck on my way home.

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

With a modest amount of looks and talent and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into more than half a century of good fortune.