Robert Fischer
12-13-2007, 09:18 PM
Various Quotes on Luck.
"Good Luck Pace Advantage Members." - :)
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Seneca
“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson
“Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish” Ovid
“Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it”
“Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.” Langston Coleman
“Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.” Earl Wilson
Assorted luck quotes from Baltasar Gracián y Morales
"The art of being lucky. There are rules of luck and the wise do not leave it all to
chance. Luck can be assisted by care. Some content themselves with placing themselves
confidently at the gate of fortune, waiting till she opens it. Others do better, and press
forward and profit by their clever boldness,
reaching the goddess and winning her favor on the wings of their virtue and valor. But a
true philosophy has no other umpire than virtue and insight - for there is no good or bad
luck except wisdom and foolishness."
"Before acting or refraining weigh your luck. More depends on that than on noticing your
temperament. If he is a fool who at forty applies first to Hippocrates for health, still more
is he one who only first applies to Seneca for wisdom. It is a great piece of skill to know
how to guide your luck while
waiting for it. For something is accomplished by just waiting to use it at the proper
moment, since it has periods and offers opportunities - though one cannot calculate its
path because its steps are irregular. When you find fortune favorable, stride boldly
forward, for she favors the bold and, being a woman, the young. But if you have bad luck,
withdraw so as not to redouble the influence of your unlucky star."
"Leave your luck while still winning. All the best players do it. A fine retreat is as good
as a gallant attack. Bring your exploits under cover when there are enough, or even when
there are many of them. Luck too long lasting is always suspicious; alternating luck seems
safer, and is even sweeter to the taste for a little infusion of bitter sweet. The higher the
heap of luck, the greater the risk of a slip, and down comes all. Fortune pays you
sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires
of carrying anyone long on her shoulders."
"Be able to stomach big slices of luck. In the body of wisdom not the least important
organ is a big stomach, for great capacity implies great parts. Big bits of luck do not
embarrass one who can digest still bigger ones. What is a surfeit for one may be hunger for
another. Many are troubled as it were with
weak digestion, owing to their small capacity, being neither born nor trained for great
employment. Their actions turn sour, and the fumes that arise from their undeserved
honors turn their proper place, for luck finds no proper place in them. A person of talent
therefore should show that he has more room for even greater enterprises, and above all
avoid showing signs of a little heart."
"Recognize unlucky days. They do exist. Nothing goes well on them, and even though
the game may be changed the bad luck remains. Two tries should be enough to tell if one is
in luck today or not. Everything is in process of change, even the mind, and no one is
always wise. Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter. All perfection
turns on the times - even beauty has it hours. Even wisdom fails at times by doing too much
or too little. To turn out well a thing must be done on its own day. This is why with some
people everything turns out ill, with others all goes well, even with less trouble. They find
everything ready, their wit prompt, their presiding genius favorable, their lucky star on the
rise. At such times one must seize the occasion and not throw away the slightest chance.
But a shrewd person will not decide on a day's luck by a single piece of good or bad fortune,
for the one may be only a lucky chance and the other a slight annoyance."
"Good Luck Pace Advantage Members." - :)
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Seneca
“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson
“Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish” Ovid
“Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it”
“Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.” Langston Coleman
“Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.” Earl Wilson
Assorted luck quotes from Baltasar Gracián y Morales
"The art of being lucky. There are rules of luck and the wise do not leave it all to
chance. Luck can be assisted by care. Some content themselves with placing themselves
confidently at the gate of fortune, waiting till she opens it. Others do better, and press
forward and profit by their clever boldness,
reaching the goddess and winning her favor on the wings of their virtue and valor. But a
true philosophy has no other umpire than virtue and insight - for there is no good or bad
luck except wisdom and foolishness."
"Before acting or refraining weigh your luck. More depends on that than on noticing your
temperament. If he is a fool who at forty applies first to Hippocrates for health, still more
is he one who only first applies to Seneca for wisdom. It is a great piece of skill to know
how to guide your luck while
waiting for it. For something is accomplished by just waiting to use it at the proper
moment, since it has periods and offers opportunities - though one cannot calculate its
path because its steps are irregular. When you find fortune favorable, stride boldly
forward, for she favors the bold and, being a woman, the young. But if you have bad luck,
withdraw so as not to redouble the influence of your unlucky star."
"Leave your luck while still winning. All the best players do it. A fine retreat is as good
as a gallant attack. Bring your exploits under cover when there are enough, or even when
there are many of them. Luck too long lasting is always suspicious; alternating luck seems
safer, and is even sweeter to the taste for a little infusion of bitter sweet. The higher the
heap of luck, the greater the risk of a slip, and down comes all. Fortune pays you
sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires
of carrying anyone long on her shoulders."
"Be able to stomach big slices of luck. In the body of wisdom not the least important
organ is a big stomach, for great capacity implies great parts. Big bits of luck do not
embarrass one who can digest still bigger ones. What is a surfeit for one may be hunger for
another. Many are troubled as it were with
weak digestion, owing to their small capacity, being neither born nor trained for great
employment. Their actions turn sour, and the fumes that arise from their undeserved
honors turn their proper place, for luck finds no proper place in them. A person of talent
therefore should show that he has more room for even greater enterprises, and above all
avoid showing signs of a little heart."
"Recognize unlucky days. They do exist. Nothing goes well on them, and even though
the game may be changed the bad luck remains. Two tries should be enough to tell if one is
in luck today or not. Everything is in process of change, even the mind, and no one is
always wise. Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter. All perfection
turns on the times - even beauty has it hours. Even wisdom fails at times by doing too much
or too little. To turn out well a thing must be done on its own day. This is why with some
people everything turns out ill, with others all goes well, even with less trouble. They find
everything ready, their wit prompt, their presiding genius favorable, their lucky star on the
rise. At such times one must seize the occasion and not throw away the slightest chance.
But a shrewd person will not decide on a day's luck by a single piece of good or bad fortune,
for the one may be only a lucky chance and the other a slight annoyance."