Quotes About Luck

Ik bracht hem naar de luchthaven Charles de Gaulle en toen ik hem bij de balie van Japan Air Lines de hand drukte, voelde ik dat hij een klein metalen voorwerp tussen mijn vingers liet glijden. Het was een huzaar van de keizerlijke garde. 'Ik heb hem dubbel,' legde hij uit, 'hij zal je geluk brengen, beste jongen.

Luck is not a business model.

I'm just saying, I guess, that I got very lucky. And luck is not a business model.

And I'm not going to tell you here how to live your life. I'm just saying, I guess, that I got very lucky. And luck is not a business model.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck." —Anthony Robbins

Investing is 95% luck and 5% skill. And maybe if I'm wrong, it's 98 and 2.

A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

Investing is 95% luck and 5% skill. And maybe if I'm wrong, it's 98 and 2. TR: Not to insult any active managers!

There's an awful lot of luck relative to skill. Investing is 95% luck and 5% skill. And maybe if I'm wrong, it's 98 and 2.

There's an awful lot of luck relative to skill. Investing is 95% luck and 5% skill.

you commit to doing something that will serve more than just yourself—some would call it luck or coincidence. I leave it to you to decide what to believe. Just know that when you give your all, the rewards are infinite.

If a child is lucky, there will always be one Mrs. Egorkin who'll play a pivotal role in his or her life.

Don't forget, as you enjoy your mild spring days and peaceful summer evenings, how lucky you are to live in the temperate region of the Solar System, where the air never freezes and the rocks never melt... Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke

It's true that you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance.

It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and no profession by which he may earn any.

broke out into a loud crow of delight. We are certainly in luck, said he. We ought to have very little trouble now.

It wasn't many people who got inspirational speeches from demons. Nick counted himself lucky in that regard. Or cursed.

You'll be in the race tomorrow?" "Of course," I said, lifting my hands. "I have to prove whether my wins last time were luck, skill--or the kindness of well-wishers." Tamara smiled a little. "And once you've proved which it is?" "Why then I either celebrate, commiserate--or fulminate!

He asked, Is there someone else in love with you? You're in luck, sir, there's been a cancellation.

I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had.

How happy we all are, she thought, and how lucky that I came at last!

Everything was one big joke. There are people like that, you know. Not many, but they're around. It's my luck that their path had to cross mine.

But you know what my mother says: "With the right kind of luck you can break your nose falling on grass …

I hope you and your partners have more luck than we have water in our river.