Motivational Quotes

Luck

Luck marches with those who give their very best

- Brown Jr., H. Jackson

Best Quotes about Luck

Luck is tenacity of purpose.

Hubbard, Elbert

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

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

Hawken, Paul

Luck is being ready for the chance.

Doble, J. Frank

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

Gracian, Baltasar

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

John Hay

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

Jean Cocteau

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

Bible

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Luck generally comes to those who look for it, and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody's door, but if industry does not open it luck goes away.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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

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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.

Proverb, German

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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

Sher, Barbara

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Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

Shay, R. E.

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Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

Korda, Michael

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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

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Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop.

Webster, John

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The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Harry Golden

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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

Macarthur, Douglas

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Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

Lowell, James Russell

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Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

Clason, George S.

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

Harris, Joel Chandler

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I believe in luck. The harder I work the luckier I get.

Shoen, Sam

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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

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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Luck is the idol of the idle.

Proverb

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Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

Kroc, Ray

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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Oates, Joyce Carol

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In short, luck's always to blame.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Player, Gary

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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

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Substance is not enough, accident is also required.

Proverb, Italian

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What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

Davies, Robertson

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

Hammer, Dr. Armand

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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

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Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned.

Dickinson, Emily

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Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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

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People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others have idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success often erroneously attributed to good luck.

Kleiser, Grenville

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Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving

Winwood, Steve

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Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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When God throws the dice are loaded.