Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

"Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,
For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.

"Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,
For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.

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.

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a read more

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.

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?

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast read more

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.

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.