A bad word!

(J. A. James, "The Young Man's Friend
and Guide Through Life to Immortality")

"We may throw the dice, but the Lord
 determines how they fall." Proverbs 16:33

"Luck!" There is no such thing in our world, 
none in nature, none in human affairs. 

Luck means that an event has no cause at all. 
It is a bad word—a heathen term. Drop it from 
your vocabulary! Trust nothing to luck, and 
expect nothing from it. Avoid all practical 
dependence upon it or its kindred words . . .
   fate, 
   chance, 
   fortune.

Never forget your dependence upon God. He can 
exalt you to prosperity—or sink you into the lowest 
depth of adversity. He can make everything to which 
you set your hand to prosper—or to fail. Devoutly 
acknowledge this. Abhor the atheism that shuts 
God out of His own world!