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There's always luck involved in things, luck is involved in life; you're born a certain way, you're born in a certain location, you're born - country, there's always luck. And some people disagree that there's no such thing as luck, well, I'll take them on anytime you want.
Donald TrumpThe trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.
John O'HaraIt must be nice to be so strong and to think it's because you're so good, that you live right and eat right, so you deserve your health and happiness. But there is such a thing as luck, and there's more bad luck than good in this world.
Laura LippmanThe 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.
Reid HoffmanI believe you make your own luck. My motto is โItโs always a mistake not to go.โ So I jump on the airplane, try new thingsโsometimes I get in way over my head, but then I think, Iโll work my way out of this somehow. A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morningโฆThe thing I love about living in New York is that I never fail to get up in the morning and think, Something adventurous is going to happen today. The energy is operating at full throttle all the time. And if you want to be lucky youโve got to go out and take advantage of it.
Tom BrokawLuck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.
Michael KordaFor there 's nae luck about the house, There 's nae luck at a'; There 's little pleasure in the house When our gudeman 's awa'.
William Julius MickleYes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Louis NizerI never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck. A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
Joseph AddisonI just want to say, I'm not interest in politics. Politics is my husband, and since he's not interested in politics anymore, then I'm not interested in politics. I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Trump, I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Macron, and I don't care, do you understand?
Carla BruniThe man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose.
Woody AllenProvidence creates an unfolding situation that is exactly what the person needs, although not always what he may think he wants or desires. This is called luck by those who are unaware of the workings of higher Worlds. Providence also creates very difficult circumstances to reveal or dissolve a fixed situation ... This is called bad luck or later, A Blessing in Disguise.
Z'ev ben Shimon HaleviLife is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.
Joan Lowery NixonTalent alone is helpless today. Any success requires both talent and luck. And the 'luck' has to be helped along and provided by someone.
Ayn RandHighly resilient people are flexible, adapt to new circumstances quickly, and thrive in constant change. Most important, they expect to bounce back and feel confident that they will. They have a knack for creating good luck out of circumstances that many others see as bad luck.
Al SiebertBy working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.
Richard BransonI'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.
J. D. SalingerDonald Trump is a man who just absorbs information and people and experiences. And I've witnessed him firsthand with his five children, his 10 year old son, his wife Melania, who's just an incredible first lady for all of us, amazing. God bless her, we're all very luck to have her leadership, as well. And I've witnessed him with his four adult children and his eight grandchildren. He's a family man.
Kellyanne ConwayI really like the smell of the tennis balls, the new ones. I don't need to do it, but it's just my habit, what I do on the court when we change for the new tennis balls. I just smell them. Maybe it's for luck. I've been doing it all my life.
Dominika CibulkovaBaseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.
Bill BucknerAt this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future.
Lewis ThomasSuccesses are always unique and hard to copy. The fact that easyJet became a success is due to a mixture of talent and luck.
Stelios Haji-IoannouShe is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her brow now, that only she can recognize in a mirror. Ideal and idealistic in that shiny dark hair! People fall in love with her. She is a woman I donโt know well enough to hold in my wing, if writers have wings, to harbour for the rest of my life.
Michael OndaatjeI believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadnโt been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldnโt have been lucky.
Oprah WinfreyPower. 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.
David MitchellTo reach the goals of your life, you need discipline, you need luck and you need something as important as these two: Vacations!
Mehmet Murat IldanSince Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her.
Kurt VonnegutWhen have you ever seen a one on one match up on this platform? Andrew Luck on offenseโฆgoing against J.J. Watt
Bill CowherMy good lady,โ interrupted Clent, โare you telling me that he is not the Luck? That you have in some way obfuscated the chronology of his nativity?โ Seconds passed. A beetle flew into Mistress Leapโs hair while she stared at Clent, then it struggled free and flew off again. โDid you lie about when he was born?โ translated Mosca.
Frances HardingeJohn Kerry said today he wants to debate President Bush once a month. Hey good luck, if Bush couldn't make it to the National Guard once a month, he's not going to show up for this.
Jay LenoWe know that Barca is playing at a high level and has a great possibility to win the competition, but I hope they do not have the luck of winning the title
Gonzalo HiguainMy name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. Everyone else in our family is dead.
Shirley JacksonI work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.
Nathan WolfeWater, that wonderful, flowing medium, the luck of the planet - which would serve humankind in so many ways, and which would give our planet a special character.
Daniel J. BoorstinThe golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
Orison Swett Marden