Quotes with luck

  • By late 1953, going to New York on vacation, I had lined up several Time Inc. interviews - and what they did was give me a lifelong appreciation of the importance of luck in getting a job.
  • So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.
  • Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to 'own' them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.
  • Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control.
  • Beneath this tree lies the body of John Oakhurst, who struck a streak of bad luck on the 23rd of November, 1850, and handed in his checks on the 7th December, 1850.
  • As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
  • This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.
  • We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.
  • It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
  • A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
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  • Shirley Temple Black Good luck needs no explanation.
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  • Eric Hoffer A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Samuel Goldwyn I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Samuel Smiles It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Ray Kroc Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
    Ray Kroc
    American businessman, founder McDonalds (1902 - 1984)
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  • Nanette Newman A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
    Nanette Newman
    British actress (1934 - )
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  • James A. Garfield A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
    James A. Garfield
    President of the USA (1831 - 1881)
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  • Robert Collier All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes and is ready to receive it.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Josh Billings As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Bill Buckner Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.
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  • Eubie Blake Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
    Eubie Blake
    American pianist and composer (1887 - 1983)
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  • Bret Harte Beneath this tree lies the body of John Oakhurst, who struck a streak of bad luck on the 23rd of November, 1850, and handed in his checks on the 7th December, 1850.
    The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1869)
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Carol Loomis By late 1953, going to New York on vacation, I had lined up several Time Inc. interviews - and what they did was give me a lifelong appreciation of the importance of luck in getting a job.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin Diligence is the mother of good luck.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Alex Trebek Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
    Alex Trebek
    Canadian-American television personality and actor (1940 - )
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  • James Russell Lowell Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Virginia Graham Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Stephen Leacock I am a great believer in luck and the harder I work the more of it I have.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Lucille Ball I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
    Lucille Ball
    American actress, producer (1911 - 1989)
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