Luck Quote by Rex Stout Download Open image “We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.” — Rex Stout ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Luck Merit
it is so difficult not to become vain about one's own good luck. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Every man, even the most blessed, needs a little more than average luck to survive this world. — Vance Bourjaily Copy Share Image
It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish. — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
It must be nice to be so strong and to think it's because you're so good, that you live right and eat right, so… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“In order for you to acquire luck you must be at the right place, in the right time and show the work of your… — Celso Cukierkorn Copy Share Image
“…Do not discount the value of luck. It is a hidden and unseen attribute in a man that will save him when nothing else… — A.J. Vega Copy Share Image
A person who does not read cannot think. He may have good mental processes, but he has nothing to think about. You can feel… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“everything from war to picnics depends on the weather, as Wolfe remarked” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if you have one. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“When we turned right on Thirty-fifth Street our suffix came along. By the time we rolled to the curb in front of Wolfe's house… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is… — Rex Stout 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
