Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Luck Quotes

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had...

I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.