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Quotes About Fortune

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
~ Livy
If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.
~ Cormac McCarthy
This is the goddess Fortuna. She brought luck - or took it away. But you'd put up with whatever she did. Because when she decided to favour you, it made everything worthwhile
~ Jacqueline Rayner
A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.
~ Ambrose Bierce
If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.
~ Decimius Magnus Ausonius
So much of life, so much of work, is luck.
~ Frank Deford
It is in the nature of things that some people should be unlucky enough to get their heads chopped off.
~ Lu Xun
Luck is opportunity meeting up with preparation. So you must prepare yourself to be lucky.
~ Dick Gregory
Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
~ Bernie Ecclestone
Some folk want their luck buttered.
~ Thomas Hardy
Lady Luck smiles on those who continue their efforts
~ Jim Rogers
I believe 0% is luck. I think you create your own luck, so I don't believe in luck.
~ Joey Logano
Be grateful for luck.
~ Eubie Blake
Luck is what a capricious man believes in.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
~ Josh Billings
I wish you the beast of luck!
~ Chris Jericho
Aren't I lucky, to have survived so much bad luck.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.
~ Ian Fleming
Luck favors the mind that is prepared.
~ Louis Pasteur
Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.
~ David Mamet
In the long run luck is given only to the efficient.
~ Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.
~ Omar Sharif
I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.
~ Paul Newman