Luck Quotes

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men, Strong, Cause

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Winston Churchill

Heart, Give, Nation

Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin

Good, Mother, Diligence

Everything in life is luck.
Donald Trump

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield

Respect, Honest, Running

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
Steven Wright

Bad, Mirror, Five

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
Henry David Thoreau

Best, Nothing, Write

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank Sinatra

Yourself, Important, Pretty

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.
Steve Jobs

Money, Passion, Hard

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't.
Bill Cosby

Love, Authority

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Good, Bad, Enough

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Tony Robbins

Call, Meeting, Generates

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
Ernest Hemingway

Time, Good, Best

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.
Lucille Ball

Work, Hard, Else

Luck marches with those who give their very best.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Best, Give, Marches

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Brian Tracy

Often, Show, Found

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Matter, Meeting

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
Hillary Clinton

Good, Health, Broken

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Alone, True, Together

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

Good, Bad, Justice

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield

Honest, Running, Politician

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.
Ed Bradley

Work, Hope, Hard

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
Eubie Blake

Hate, Mind, Grateful

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
Garrison Keillor

Smart, May, Thought

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
Kevin Eubanks

Work, Good, Moving

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker.
Woody Allen

Night, Last, Getting

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
Ray Kroc

Sweat, Luckier, Dividend

The 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

Alone, Yourself, Help

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

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