C. S. Lewis Quotes

Losing one's mother to a car crash at age four isn't a readily accessible idea of good luck, but I've come to accept it as the condition that was required for my luck to fall into place.

Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.

How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

When things are going good they just keep going good.

I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.

Two quarters doesn't make a trend, but it's a heck of a lot better than none.

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

What's got badly, goes badly.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.

Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win, sometimes you are unlucky, but that's life.

The universe works in crazy ways. Your good luck will come in waves, and so does your bad, so you have to take the good with the bad and press forward.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.

One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.

I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.