Quotes about luck

"Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work -- and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."

Ball, Lucille on luck
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"Fortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship. But she can be wooed and won by hard work."

Beaverbrook, Lord on luck   

"There is death in the pot. [2 Kings 4:40]"

Bible on luck   

"The lot is cast into the heap, but the whole disposing there of is of the Lord."

Bible on luck   

"Good luck needs no explanation."

Black, Shirley Temple on luck   

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"The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass."

Blake, William on luck   

"Luck marches with those who give their very best"

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on luck
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"There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes."

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. on luck
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"You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities."

Bush, Barbara on luck   

"What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully."

Cherbuliez, Victor on luck
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"Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck."

Clason, George S. on luck   

"Luck relies on chance, labor on character."

Cobden, Richard on luck   

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"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"

Cocteau, Jean on luck
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"All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right on going -- is the man who is there when the good luck comes -- and is ready to receive it."

Collier, Robert on luck
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"What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us."

Davies, Robertson on luck   

"Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid."

Dewey, John on luck
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"Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned."

Dickinson, Emily on luck
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"Luck is being ready for the chance."

Doble, J. Frank on luck   

"Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it and you have to pay for it with your life, spending a lot of time, you pay for it with time, not the wasting of time but the spending of time."

Doisneau, Robert on luck
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"There is no chance, and no anarchy, in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on luck
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"Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on luck
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"Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of language, its sudden appearance. It's not a night twinkle with stars, an illuminated sleep, nor a drowsy vigil. It is the very edge of consciousness."

Foucault, Michel on luck   

"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck."

Garfield, James A. on luck   

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"The harder I work the luckier I get."

Goldwyn, Samuel on luck
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"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."

Goldwyn, Samuel on luck   

"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."

Gracian, Baltasar on luck   

"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."

Gracian, Baltasar on luck   

"Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but if not, I'll be on my pond fishing with my kids. I feel like the luckiest guy I know."

Grisham, John on luck   

"When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky."

Hammer, Dr. Armand on luck   

"Some folk want their luck buttered."

Hardy, Thomas on luck   

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"Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck."

Harris, Joel Chandler on luck   

"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change."

Harte, Bret on luck   

"The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck."

Hawken, Paul on luck
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"Someone receives a promotion, gets an important assignment, makes a major discovery, or moves into the president's office. He's lucky, an envious person remarks. He gets the breaks; they're always in his favor. In reality, luck or the breaks of life had little or nothing to do with it. So-called luck usually is found at the exact point where preparation meets opportunity. For a time, an individual may get ahead by pull, but eventually someone with push will displace him. Success is not due to a fortuitous concourse of stars at our birth, but to a steady trail of sparks from the grindstone of hard work each day."

Hildebrand, Kenneth on luck   

"Luck is tenacity of purpose."

Hubbard, Elbert on luck   

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

Jefferson, Thomas on luck
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"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

Jefferson, Thomas on luck
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"Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it."

Jerrold, Douglas William on luck   

"Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control."

Josefowitz, Natasha on luck   

"What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking it when it comes."

Josefowitz, Natasha on luck