John Steinbeck Quotes About Luck

Quotes about: Luck

• Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like another chance at life; like a new bag of coins at a table of luck after your fortune is gone.

  John Steinbeck

  Wise, Strong, Son

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History”, p.41, Penguin

• Intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over.

  John Steinbeck

  Fate, Luck, Enough

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.107, Penguin

• Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.

  John Steinbeck

  Luck, Bitter

  John Steinbeck (1993). “The Pearl”, p.39, Penguin

• It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.

  John Steinbeck

  Luck, Want, Too Much

  John Steinbeck (1993). “The Pearl”, p.26, Penguin

• Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we never hear of them. Such a life doesn't demand attention. Only the people who get the good or bad runs.

  John Steinbeck

  Running, Fate, People

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