Luck Quote by C.S. Forester Download Open image ““The lucky man . . . is usually the man who knows how much to leave to chance.”” — C.S. Forester ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Luck Lucky man
“If a man was lucky, he was moving toward something his whole life.” — dennis lehane Copy Share Image
“I have since come to know that many men always see another’s good fortune as a slight to themselves.” — Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“In my heart, I knew that only the lucky found that sort of happiness. And I had always run short on luck.” — S.H. Kolee Copy Share Image
“I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Every one has bad breaks, but… — Samuel Goldwyn Copy Share Image
“A lucky man… is a man who was lucky once, and after that, he learned a thing or two about investment.” p 553” — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Some people have luck, and everything comes out right with them; others have none, and never a thing turns out fortunately.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, even in the most unfortunate of lives, there will occur a moment or two of good fortune.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Hornblower worked as hard to conceal his human weaknesses as some men worked to conceal ignoble birth.” — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“The boarders cheered and followed him. “Boarders away!” shouted the petty officers, and everywhere the Marguerite’s men grabbed up weapons and came pouring over… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Hornblower bowed to Lady This and Lady That, to Lord Somebody and to Sir John Somebody-else. Bold eyes and bare arms, exquisite clothes and… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Bush put both arms round Hornblower’s shoulders and walked with dragging feet. It did not matter that his feet dragged and his legs would… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Bush could never understand Hornblower's disciplinary methods. He had been positively horrified when he had heard his captain's public admission that he too had… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“If one plan goes wrong there is need to make another, that is all. And, as for despair — there was no room for… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“Though there are very serious disadvantages about being a true believer. Who would want four wives at any time, especially when one pays for… — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
“...irresponsibility was something which, in the very nature of things, could not co-exist with independence.” — C.S. Forester Copy Share Image
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there. — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.” — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“Clent, however, suppressed any sense of pity without the slightest difficulty. His brain was busy with the icy clockwork of calculation. If only this… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
I had a visit from an artist friend who basically said, "Your paintings are wonderful. Now stop." It did resonate with me. It hit… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
