Quotes About Luck

Now, in economic crises times, the kind of things you're looking at is it's generally harder to get capital, revenue growth may be more, revenue lines may be unstable or growth may be less easy to predict that you're going to get to. And so what you do is you take a certain conservative approach of when, as all entrepreneurs should do, you plan for both good luck and bad luck, you put extra time on, "Okay, if I have bad luck, what do I do about that?"

You create your own luck by the way you play. There is no such luck as bad luck. Fate has nothing to do with success or failure, because that is a negative philosophy that indicts one's confidence, and I'll have no part of it.

Democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head - this signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle.

The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you know, bad luck as well as good luck, keep people focused on what the key, you know, business wins are, and you know, provide the energy that people always need in order to, you know, to go into battle because, you know, work is hard and go into work and do that well. And provide a good leadership beacon for that. In other words, it's the same thing that makes good leadership in any other time.

I prefer unlucky things. Luck is vulgar. Who wants what luck would bring? I don't.

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

Many stroke survivors look back on their attack as a stroke of luck. Of course, by luck they mean horrible paralysis.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

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

I promise you, a lot of it is luck. But you make your own luck by working really hard and trying lots and lots of things.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

Luck is opportunity plus preparation plus luck.

People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.

Success is made up of courage, brains, and luck. Since the first two are a function of the third, it's pretty much all luck.

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

Angie, I've seen my mom wrestle two cops to the ground with a taser dart in her neck, and you cry when your shoes pinch. Good luck, Bambi!

If you ask me to sew a button, I don't know how to do it! The idea of the whole collection and how you want to build your brand is all about working with the right people. And luck!

You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck.

A kiss for luck, demoiselle?" It is a magnificent, lusty kiss and I feel nothing but deep regret that it may be his last. Just before he pulls away, he whispers in my ear. "Duval said to give you that should I get a chance. It is from him.

Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast majority live and die as minions, as livestock? The answer is a holy trinity. First: God-given gifts of charisma. Second: the discipline to nurture these gifts to maturity, for though humanity's topsoil is fertile with talent, only one seed in ten thousand will ever flower -- for want of discipline. Third: the will to power.

Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.

You're about to be the conductor on the most brilliant, runaway train in showbiz. Good luck you'll love it.

There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable.

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."

Your karma should be good, and everything else will follow. Your good karma will always win over your bad luck.

It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.

Luck is when skill meets opportunity.

Honestly, it's the luck of the draw. If you are comfortable with the actor that you're opposite of - it just breaks down a lot of those insecurities and you can just say, "Okay, I trust this person, and I respect them and know they respect me," and then you can just go with it. When that doesn't exist, it's a lot harder to let go.

When have you ever seen a one on one match up on this platform? Andrew Luck on offense…going against J.J. Watt

With any luck, by the time NASA's space probe hits Pluto, you'll be booking a spaceflight with a privately run suborbital airline.

You have to have the mentality of executing your game when you don't feel like there's a lot of hope. I think the best feeling is when somebody pushes you to the limit and you dig down a little bit extra. By the same token, you also need a little luck. Sometimes they come together.

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

I think that one can have luck if one tries to create an atmosphere of spontaneity.

I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

Everyone's "journey" is different. Obviously with mine, I've had some amazing breaks, but then you have to be ready to seize the moment when the timing and the luck line up. You can't be afraid. You have to be open. I feel like I've always been a leaper, and I've always leapt into things without thinking.

Men who know are secure. Men who don't know believe in luck.

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

Yo, play me with a handshake. Say "What's up, L.L.? Good Luck." That's all. That's all I want. I don't want you to kiss my feet. That ain't necessary. Just give me respect.

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck.

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

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.

I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.

I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

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

I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything.