Quotes About Luck

Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared

People really don't like to hear success explained away as luck — especially successful people. As they age, and succeed, people feel their success was somehow inevitable. They don't want to acknowledge the role played by accident in their lives. There is a reason for this: the world does not want to acknowledge it either. If you use better data, you can find better values; there are always market inefficiencies to exploit, and so on. But it has a broader and less practical message: don't be deceived by life's outcomes. Life's outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them. Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation.

Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

A big part of winning is having lots of good luck. And I think a good competitor makes his own luck. That's why he is a winner. Luck to me is lots of determination lots of hard work, faith in myself, and in God.

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.

I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.

I always found it rather pathetic that as a photographer I would be dependent to such a large extent on sheer luck... So the moment I was offered [digital] tools to bend the shape of the image into my choices, and not those of lady luck, I was hooked.

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

You make your own luck. Luck is the residue of design.

Mother Mary of Anabolic Grace, we got Teras incoming?” He levels angry blue eyes on me. “You’re a hex, lady, dark luck, powerful bad juju, ken?” “Only to people who try to kidnap me,” I tell him sweetly, and March snorts, so I feel obliged to add, “Or rescue me…” And then Dina makes a pfft sound. “Or who travel with me…” My gaze sweeps around the darkened interior, trying to find an ally, but nobody will hold my eyes more than two seconds, it seems. “Fine, frag you all, I’m dark juju, bad luck, and you’re all doomed.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

There's no such thing as luck. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

Good luck, little Wanderer, good luck. How I wish you didn't need it.

Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well.

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.

Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

I don't believe in luck. Luck comes to men of action.

I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.

Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.

What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state.

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once‚ at least‚ the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.

Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.

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.

Jeremy, Good luck on your first marriage.

There's luck in odd numbers.

One might just as well trust in the "good luck" of a rabbit's foot as to hope for spiritual benefit from a Catholic scapular, medal, crucifix, or relic of an alleged "saint."

I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.

I think we make our own luck. Our parents give us life, but what we do with that life is our own responsibility.

The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go!

Where does a man go when there are no more corners to turn, when he's running out of hope, out of luck, out of time?

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.

If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck.

Good luck reaches farther than long arms.

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the best good luck.

I guess you ought to be careful about cussin the dead. I would say at the least there probably ain't no luck in it.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.

For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock.

The best luck always happens to people who don't need it.

Luck is predictable; the harder you work, the luckier you get.

I feel that luck is a product of hard work.

When you leave it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck.

I've been blessed with some luck, great ability and athleticism. That's really what's made me a great player, but I think the reason I've been able to last this long is the little things like taking care of my body.