Motivational Quotes

Luck

I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.

- Thomas, David

Best Quotes about Luck

Luck is the idol of the idle.

Proverb

The harder I work the luckier I get.

Goldwyn, Samuel

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Winwood, Steve

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

Blake, William

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

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Harris, Joel Chandler

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

Pollock, Channing

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

Shoen, Sam

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

Kroc, Ray

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Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.

Langston Coleman

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

Macarthur, Douglas

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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

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

Lowell, James Russell

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I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.

Thomas, David

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The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Player, Gary

21.

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Tracy, Brian

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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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Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Luck is infatuated with the efficient.

Proverb, Persian

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Fortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship. But she can be wooed and won by hard work.

Beaverbrook, Lord

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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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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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Oates, Joyce Carol

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Luck is tenacity of purpose.

Hubbard, Elbert

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In short, luck's always to blame.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Jean Cocteau

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Luck's always to blame.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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Luck is being ready for the chance.

Doble, J. Frank

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

Hawken, Paul

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

Bible

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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

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

Proverb, German

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Substance is not enough, accident is also required.

Proverb, Italian

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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Dickinson, Emily

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Success is just a matter of luck, all you need to do is ask a failure. History may be written by academics but it's rarely created by them.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

Clason, George S.

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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

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A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.