--- title: "7 Luck Usually Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Luck Usually quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Luck Usually sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/louis-nizer-27493_bones_luck-usually-visits-me-at-2-am-on-a-cold_92347.jpg" --- > [Luck usually visits me at 2 am on a cold morning when, red-eyed and bone-weary, I am pouring over law books preparing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-nizer/luck-usually-visits-me-at-2-am-on-a-cold-morning-when-red-eyed-and/) [Louis Nizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-nizer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/louis-nizer-27493_bones_luck-usually-visits-me-at-2-am-on-a-cold_92347.jpg) > [Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/backboneless-employees-are-too-ready-to-attribute-the-success-of/) [B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/b-c-forbes-2124_application_backboneless-employees-are-too-ready-to_280990.jpg) > [Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/bad-luck-is-usually-transmitted-by-close-proximity-to-habitual/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/irvine-welsh-843_bad-luck_bad-luck-is-usually-transmitted-by-close_491043.png) > [Education was almost always a matter of luck usually ill luck in those distant days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/education-was-almost-always-a-matter-of-luck-usually-ill-luck-in/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/george-eliot-84_education_education-was-almost-always-a-matter-of_532464.png) > [“What’s called luck is usually an outgrowth of successful communication.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-ries/what-s-called-luck-is-usually-an-outgrowth-of-successful-communication/) [Al Ries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-ries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/al-ries-14351_luck_what-s-called-luck-is-usually-an-outgrow_625606.png) > [Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/education-was-almost-entirely-a-matter-of-luck-usually-of-ill-luck-in/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/george-eliot-84_education_education-was-almost-entirely-a-matter-o_2109223.png) > [There’s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you’re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/there-s-nothing-in-the-world-worse-than-having-an-opportunity-that/) [Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/quincy-jones-2731_be-prepared_there-s-nothing-in-the-world-worse-than_3054404.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/luck-usually/#itemlist", "name": "Luck Usually Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Luck usually visits me at 2 am on a cold morning when, red-eyed and bone-weary, I am pouring over law books preparing a case. 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