All ERNEST HEMINGWAY Quotes about “Luck”

“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
“You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.”
“For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.”
“Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?”
“He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.”
“[Robert] Capa: He was a good friend and a great and very brave photographer. It is bad luck for everybody that the percentages caught up with him. It is especially bad for Capa. (On Capa's death in Vietnam, May, 27, 1954)”
“For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.”
“I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the luck or misfortune to be an athlete has to keep his body in shape. The body and mind are closely coordinated. Fattening of the body can lead to fattening of the mind. I would be tempted to say that it can lead to fattening of the soul, but I don't know anything about the soul.”

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