What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's read more

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

As ill-luck would have it.

As ill-luck would have it.

And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck
Shall fling her old shoe after.

And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck
Shall fling her old shoe after.

It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.

As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.

Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!

Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps read more

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right on going -- is the man who is there when the good luck comes -- and is ready to receive it.

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be read more

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.