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Quotes About Luck

May the road lie easy before you and the wind be always at your back; may there always be a glass of whiskey to warm you when the wind blows chill; and may you get to heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead.
~ Irish blessing
It is a piece of luck to have relations scarce.
~ Menander
In the case of an earthquake hitting Las Vegas, be sure to go straight to the Keno Lounge — nothing ever hits there.
~ Author Unknown
İnsanoÄŸlu, doÄŸuÅŸtan bir kumarbaz. ve yaÅŸam da masaya sürebileceÄŸi en büyük pey.
~ Jack London
El auténtico descubridor. No obstante, no es el hombre que, tiene la suerte de tropezarse con alguna cosa, sino el hombre que encuentra lo que iba buscando.
~ Jacob Burckhardt
El auténtico descubridor. No obstante, no es el hombre que, el primero, tiene la suerte de tropezarse con alguna cosa, sino el hombre que encuentra lo que iba buscando.
~ Jacob Burckhardt
I have learned, since, that there are sailors who think a woman's presence aboard ship to be a sign of ill luck. Elua be thanked, D'Angelines are spared such idiotic superstitions.
~ Jacqueline Carey
she couldn't offer sympathy to a girl who regarded the incident as a stroke of marvelous luck. "Well
~ Jacqueline Susann
SO NOW WE were the Luck family – Victoria, Kendall and Lola Rose – and we had a whole new life going for us.
~ Jacqueline Wilson
Sometime we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and run headlong down an immutable course
~ Jacques Cousteau
You can't have a much better omen than an albatross
~ James A. Michener
They do not know the darkness and the heartaches; they only see the light and joy, and call it luck.
~ James Allen
They do not know the darkness and the heartaches; they only see the light and joy, and call it luck; do not see the long and arduous journey, but only behold the pleasant goal, and call it good fortune; do not understand the process, but only perceive the result, and call it chance.
~ James Allen
If you want to be successful, you need to study success, not hate it or be envious of it. If you are envious, then you will distance yourself from success and make it that much harder to get there. Never be jealous. Never think someone is "lucky." Luck is created by the prepared. Never think that someone is undeserving of the money they have. That only puts you one more
~ James Altucher
Persistence creates luck.
~ James Altucher
In chess there's a saying: "Only the good players are lucky.
~ James Altucher
Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.
~ James Baldwin
You are - how old? Twenty-six or seven? I am nearly twice that and, let me tell you, you are lucky. You are lucky that what is happening to you now is happening now and not when you are forty, or something like that, when there would be no hope for you and you would simply be destroyed.
~ James Baldwin
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.
~ James Baldwin
Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck." —Roald Amundsen, The South Pole
~ James C. Collins
Level 5 leaders look out the window to apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things go well (and if they cannot find a specific person or event to give credit to, they credit good luck). At the same time, they look in the mirror to apportion responsibility, never blaming bad luck when things go poorly.
~ James C. Collins
Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck." —Roald Amundsen, The South Pole1
~ James C. Collins
A vitória aguarda aquele que tem tudo em ordem – ou sorte, como as pessoas costumam dizer. A derrota é certa para aquele que deixa de tomar as precauções necessárias a tempo; a isso as pessoas chamam má sorte." Roald Amundsen, Polo sula
~ James C. Collins
Everyone gets luck, good and bad, but 10X winners make more of the luck they get.
~ James C. Collins