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  ...all think he is a lucky fellow to guess at the sum of a great block of figures so quickly and always guess right; they never could do it!
"LUCK" SAYS RICHARD COBDEN,
"is ever waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, will turn up something. Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him the news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.   " The man of success who owns a mill is seen in the water up to his waist, dragging a log behind him. "Is he not lucky to get his dam fixed so soon after the flood!" say the neighbors. The man of success who owns a grocery has got ten barrels of flour on the sidewalk, two casks of petroleum in the alley, and twelve barrels of sugar on his trucks. At night the barrels are all in their places, and, so far as I have ever seen,--in the retail business, at least,--it was not the clerks of the...   Cobden, Richard

Excerpt from The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future · This quote is about luck · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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