As for what you're calling hard luck - well, we made New England out of it. That and codfish.
Berlioz Hector 1803-1869
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
Bourjaily Vance
Every man, even the most blessed, needs a little more than average luck to survive this world.
Dobie J. Frank
Luck is being ready for the chance.
Euripides c. 485-406 BC
There's nothing like the sight of on old enemy down on his luck.
Forster E.M. 1879-1970
The Longest Journey
There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe.
Giordano Bruno
With luck on your side you can do without brains.
Herold J. Christopher
Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.
Leacock Stephen 1869-1944
I'm a great believer in luck. I find the
harder I work, the more I have of it.
Morley Christopher 1890-1957
We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.
Ray John 1628-1705
The honester the man, the worse luck.
Roosevelt Franklin D. 1882-1945
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early
bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Stead Christiana 1902-1983
House of All Nations
A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
Player Gary 1935-
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Auden W. H. 1907-1973
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what theymust do is the same as what they most want to do.
Fields W.C. 1880-1946
in You're Telling Me
„It's a funny old world - a man's lucky if he gets out of it alive."
Proverbs and Sayings
Arab
Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
Proverbs and Sayings
Russian
If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.
Virgil 70-19 BC
Georgics no.2 (of Lucretius)
Lucky is he who has been able to understand the causes of things.