Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't act so callous to blank out good friends who failed on their way to success, just because something unusual hindered them,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Animation should be an art…what you fellows have done with it, making it into a trade…not an art, but a trade…bad luck. — Winsor McCay Copy Share Image
I hate to admit that. I want to win every race, but I know that's not possible. To be in the top… — Roger Staubach Copy Share Image
I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people… — Mike Thompson Copy Share Image
“There are no true coincidences, that everything happens for a reason, even if those "reasons" aren't always easy, or even possible, to… — Waldorf Heather Copy Share Image
When I was doing 'A Raisin in the Sun' with Sean Combs, we began in bed, and he would give me 10… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
A bit of luck always helps. But of course my fighting spirit and playing with my heart is always something that makes… — Maria Sakkari Copy Share Image
I'm a hard-luck kind of guy. Usually, things that I hope for don't go my way, so I'm very used to that.… — David Eigenberg Copy Share Image
“I feel like a massive wave of life just washed over me. While luck comes in many guises, winning the lottery pales… — Charles Dyson Copy Share Image
The smart guy will outsmart himself. The lucky guy will run out of luck. The money guy will never have the desire.… — Bill Smith Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in luck, but rather destiny. And destiny comes when you chase opportunity, only then will you make your own… — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
Sharpie? A mischievous smile spread across her face. I thought you said you couldn't control your powers. Beginner's luck. — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
“Allowing yourself to be a conduit for opportunity requires a brand new outlook on life. Lady fortune cannot enter a locked door,… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
As badly as I want a medal, I know there is a lot of luck involved in that. I want to put… — Kara Goucher Copy Share Image
“He gave Dancer one last pat. 'You're luckier than you know, pal. Living without a set of balls makes life a lot… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we can believe that it just happened by blind chance. Superficially, the obvious… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“But after all, while she was in the house, I kept myself in hand. And the worst of it all is that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
Should we say something?’ Cal asks. ‘Goodbye, bird?’ I suggest. He nods. ‘Goodbye, bird. Thank you for coming. And good luck. — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
I believe you only have one chance on this earth, and I'm just trying to live my life and do what makes… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
“If you don’t take a chance, someone else will give you his luck. And if you get bad luck, then you need… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
An opportunity to work is good luck for me. I put my soul into it. Each such opportunity opens the gates for… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
In life, there's second chances. But that doesn't mean everyone gets a second chance with your team. That's where your moral compass… — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
Luck never built a business. Prosperity and growth come only to the business that systematically finds and exploits its potential. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I know that I don't have a chance with you. sometimes, I think I'm even over you. then, I look at your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
All of us collect fortunes when we are children. A fortune of colors, of lights, and darkness, of movement, of tensions. Some… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
“If there’s somebody loose around here that wants to cut my throat, I wish him luck. What difference does it make? It’s… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish. — Ovid Copy Share Image