Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.

Fate has blessed me.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

I was unbelievably lucky.

A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.

I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded.

I have so much. Why did it all happen to me? There has to be a reason.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

I was close to getting married a long time ago. But it didn't happen, and since then it has not been happening. It is jinxed, and I am very happy. I hope this jinx continues.

Things just always seem to happen and work out for me.

I'd rather have luck on my side than anything else.

By the gift of God, WWE fell into my lap.

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.

How lucky we are, when we're spared what we think we want!

I tired the back door -- unlocked. Truley the Man Upstairs was smiling down on me.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Some would assert that Providence was at work shaking out its pockets in Humanity's lap. Other would argue for that mindless choreographer, Chance. Either way it was a simple thing: a lost diary fell into the hands of a soul-sick war hero on a train from Bombay to Jaipur just when he'd grown tired of the scenery and needed something to keep his thoughts from the minefield of his wretched thoughts. In such mild ways is the groundwork laid for first kisses and ruined lives.

Come, my friend, forget your foes, and leave your fears behind, And wander forth to try your luck, with cheerful, quiet mind; For be your fortune great or small, you take what God will give, And all the day your heart will say, "'Tis luck enough to live.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

I really believe there's no such thing as accidents, only opportunities. God gives everyone the ingredients to a good, happy life. It's up to us to make the most of them.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

Providence seems to look after the chumps of this world; and, personally, I'm all for it.