Showing posts with label Chance and Fortune Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chance and Fortune Quotes. Show all posts

Vexed sailors curse the rain F...

Vexed sailors curse the rain For which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
~Edmund Waller~

Unless a man has trained himse...

Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.
~W. Matthews~

Two roads diverged in a wood a...

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.
~Robert Frost~

Those who mistake their good l...

Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.
~J. Christopher Herold~

In the field of observation, c...

In the field of observation, chance favours the prepared mind.
~Louis Pasteur~

If you were born lucky, even y...

If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.
~Russian proverb~

If you do not expect it, you w...

If you do not expect it, you will not find the unexpected, for it is hard to find and difficult.
~Heraclitus~

If fortune turns against you, ...

If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth.
~Persian proverb~

I'm a great believer in luck. ...

I'm a great believer in luck. I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
~Stephen Leacock~

I think we consider too much t...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt~

Every man, even the most bless...

Every man, even the most blessed, needs a little more than average luck to survive this world.
~Vance Bourjaily~