Luck Quotes

"The worst cynicism: a belief in luck"

"I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them."

"Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance."

"Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct."

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

"Luck always seems to be against the man who depends on it."

"Luck is a very good word if you put a P before it."

"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."

"There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."

"Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure."

"The play didn't fall out of the sky. Was it an accident, good luck or coaching? It wasn't an accident."

"As far as I'm concerned, it's up for grabs. It's the same most any year. You have to be good and you have to be a little bit lucky."

"The odds of that must be a million to one."

"Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves."

"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men."