“ When it comes time to do your own life you either perpetuate your childhood or you stand on it and finally kick it out from under. Rosellen Brown
“ Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it. Phyllis Bottome
“ Luck is a light bulb that is switched on only once, after it switches off, it leaves a gap of regret and powerlessness Jasper Rules
“ I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits… Roald Amundsen
“ [His coat] emitted an odor of bus station so desolate that just standing next to him you could feel your luck changing for the worse. Michael Chabon
“ Are you what is called a lucky man? Well, you are sad every day. Each day has its great grief or its little care. Yesterday you were trembling for the health of one who is dear to you, today you fear… Victor Hugo
“ There is no such thing as making the miracle happen spontaneously and on the spot. You've got to work. Martina Arroyo
“ A statement about luck is a statement about the mind, not about the world... We find what seems to have been the lucky break or the big mistake, and so we thank our lucky stars that we took the road l… Eric Kraft
“ On the bright side, I'm sure this isn't the last time you'll ever get firebombed, so maybe you'll have better luck next time. Janet Evanovich
“ Nobody can be lucky all the time,so when your luck deserts you in some fashiondon't think you've been abandoned in your prime,but rather that you're saving up your ration. Piet Hein
“ There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the bad luck, somebody else will have to get it in their place. There's always the same amount of good… Tom Robbins
“ You need to give money when someone gives you a knife. So the bad luck won't cut you. I wouldn't like it for you to be cut by the bad luck, Jimmy. Margaret Atwood
“ There are, he assures her, no such things as curses. There is luck, maybe, bad or good. A slight indication of each day toward success or failure. But no curses. Anthony Doerr
“ Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to keep the trains you have… Max O'Relling
“ It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything… Haruki Murakami
“ Luck works only when you work. Even when it comes to lottery, only those who make the effort to go to a lottery store and buy one, stand a chance to win a lottery". Pradeep Sarkkar
