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Luck & Chance |
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Quotations
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 22 likes | |
There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian. — Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 13 likes | |
All in all he was fortunate: he lived without working, read without writing, taught without routine, drank without dizziness, and died before senility, almost without pain. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher (on Socrates) 9 likes | |
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like? — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 8 likes | |
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 7 likes | |
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He did not want to sign. — Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer 6 likes | |
I know he's a good general, but is he lucky? — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes | |
God doesn't play dice with the world. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 6 likes | |
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 6 likes | |
If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 6 likes | |
As a rule, it is circumstances that make men. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes | |
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] 4 likes | |
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 4 likes | |
Luck must be dealt with like health: enjoy it when it is good, be patient when it is bad. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 4 likes | |
Most men of action believe in fate and most men of thought believe in prudence. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 4 likes | |
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances...Strong men believe in cause and effect. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes | |
Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 2 likes | |
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 2 likes | |
The goddess fortune is the devil’s servant ready to kiss any ones arse. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 2 likes | |
It’s hard to detect good luck – it looks so much like something you’ve earned. — Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist 1 likes | |
Let's leave the choice to Chance, this straw man of God. — Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer 1 likes | |
With luck on your side, you can do without brains. | |
A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man. | |
Chance generally favors the prudent. | |
People who strongly want something are almost always well served by chance. | |
Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman | |
He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined. | |
Luck exists. Otherwise, how would you explain the success of others? | |
It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you will always have more money. | |
Luck was a joke. Even good luck was just bad luck with its hair combed. — Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction | |
Bad health is bad luck. Everything else is good luck. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist | |
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. | |
Luck, in order to reach me, passes through circumstances created by my character. | |
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck. | |
Luck grabs you by the hair, but she herself is bald. | |
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. | |
The wheel of fortune is a better analogy for history than the “evolution of humanity”. | |
Chance is necessity hidden behind a veil. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
Latin Quotes
Fortune favors the bold. Audentes fortuna iuvat. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 144 likes | |
Fortune is like glass: the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitu. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 40 likes |
Funny Quotes
I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 7 likes |
Ancient Greek
How sweet is life when fortune is not envious. Ως ηδύ το ζην μη φθονούσης της τύχης. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 29 likes | |
Fortune helps the brave. Τοις τολμώσιν η τύχη ξύμφορος. — Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian 13 likes | |
Fortune never helps the fainthearted. Ου τοις αθύμοις η τύχη ξυλλαμβάνει. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet 11 likes | |
Do not trust good luck. Τύχη μη πίστευε. — Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 10 likes | |
I want either a drop of luck or a bucket of brains. Θέλω τύχης σταλαγμόν ή φρενών πίθον. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 9 likes | |
If god wills, you can sail even on a mat. Θεού θέλοντος καν επί ριπός πλέοις. 9 likes | |
Boldness is the beginning of action. But fortune controls how it ends. Τόλμα πρήξιος αρχή, τύχη δε τέλεος κυρίη. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 9 likes | |
Men have made an idol of Fortune as an excuse for their own lack of willpower. Άνθρωποι τύχης είδωλον επλάσαντο, πρόφασιν ιδίης αβουλίης. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 8 likes | |
Art favored luck and luck favored art. Τέχνη τύχην έστερξε και τύχη τέχνην. — Agathon, 450-400 BC, Ancient Greek tragic poet 8 likes | |
The unlucky man will be bitten even by a sheep. Τον ατυχή και πρόβατον δάκνει. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 6 likes | |
Nothing depends on luck, but all on good judgment and diligence. Μηδέν της τύχης, αλλά πάντα της ευβουλίας και της προνοίας. — Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian 5 likes | |
There is no man who does not blame his luck. Ουκ έστιν όστις την τύχην ου μέμφεται. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 4 likes |
Proverbs
Fortune favours the brave. 7 likes | |
One’s good luck is another’s misfortune. 6 likes | |
A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
You've gotta ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk? — from the film Dirty Harry (1971) 7 likes |