Motivational Quotes

Luck

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

- Jean Cocteau

Best Quotes about Luck

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

Beaverbrook, Lord

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

Jefferson, Thomas

Substance is not enough, accident is also required.

Proverb, Italian

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

Thomas, David

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

Bible

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

Dickinson, Emily

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

Sher, Barbara

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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

Langston Coleman

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

12.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Bible

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Luck's always to blame.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Player, Gary

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

Winwood, Steve

21.

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

Shoen, Sam

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When God throws the dice are loaded.

Proverb, Greek

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The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Harry Golden

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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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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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Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

Clason, George S.

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

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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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Luck marches with those who give their very best

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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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 am a great believer in luck and the harder I work the more of it I have.

Leacock, Stephen B.

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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 is infatuated with the efficient.

Proverb, Persian

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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

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

Hawken, Paul

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

Blake, William

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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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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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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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The harder I work the luckier I get.

Goldwyn, Samuel

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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Luck is being ready for the chance.

Doble, J. Frank

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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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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Oates, Joyce Carol

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

Macarthur, Douglas

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In short, luck's always to blame.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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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

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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