Quotes About Luck

A lot of people work extremely hard and through no fault of their own - bad luck, the wrong environment, unfortunate circumstances - struggle to survive.

Unfortunately, when we had a No. 1 draft pick, there wasn't an Andrew Luck out there. A lot of that's pure luck.

Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.

Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.

One way or another, all humans are superstitious.

We're only lucky enough to see the wonders of nature's canyons because they're gracious enough to show us the places they've been damaged.

When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.

Sometime haters would say or misunderstand how lucky I am to doing what I'm doing, to be healthy and play my sport and passion.

I was lucky. A lot of people have that. People that don't tell you what you want to hear, but what's best for you. I was blessed with great friends. I was always blessed that way. My dad always kept good people around me. I just got lucky. Because of the spotlight you're in, people are scared to tell you otherwise.

I'm a very firm believer in karma, and put it this way: I get a lot of good parking spots.

You can be good at comedy, which means you'll be given spots, but beyond that it is luck that pushes you to the next level. There are loads of brilliant comedians who haven't had the breaks, and plenty of average comedians who have.

I know I have been lucky in business, and I am keen now to spread goodwill to others, of course not forgetting that very often, you make your own luck by making use of every opportunity.

Every time I sprinted 100 per cent, my hamstring broke. But I knew if I didn't sprint 100 per cent, I could keep on playing, so that's what you do. I was just lucky it was discovered in America and I haven't had one problem since. I feel I can run past people again and that feels nice.

For me, to get break in 'Jai Ho' was a challenge and my journey after that depends on my work and luck so, I think blessing of my parents has helped to reach this stage and I am really fortunate that Salman Khan lifted me from one level and helped me to reach another level.

There is a fine line between serendipity and stalking.

I get asked a lot what the key is to creating a hit show, and I have a standard answer: Do everything right, and then get lucky 10 ways.

I don't think it's fair to say the standard of English coaching is bad. It's more about pathway: how you can get a break and then progress from there. Even at the lowest levels there is impatience now, so you need a bit of luck in terms of the owner or chairman that you work with.

Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.

The honester the man, the worse luck.