luck quotes

“At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.”

“I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.”

— Agatha Christie

“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.”

— Agatha Christie

“It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. ”

— Winston Churchill

“I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

— Franklin Roosevelt

“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.”

— Euripides

“The lucky person passes for a genius.”

— Euripides

“A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“God's dice always have a lucky roll.”

— Sophocles

“Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish. ”

— Ovid

“The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.”

— Ovid

“In short, Luck's always to blame.”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“Luck's always to blame. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”

— Maya Angelou

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.”

— Douglas MacArthur

“The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.”

— Tony Robbins

“This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.”

— Henry Rollins

“I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.”

— Henry Rollins

“I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.”

— Bill Gates

luck quotes

“At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.”

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I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.
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“I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow. ”

“I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.”

“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.”

“It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. ”

“I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ”

“Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.”

“The lucky person passes for a genius.”

“A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. ”

“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”

“God's dice always have a lucky roll.”

“Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish. ”

“The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.”

“In short, Luck's always to blame.”

“Luck's always to blame. ”

“I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others. ”

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ”

“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.”

“I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.”

“For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.”

“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.”

“The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.”

“This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.”

“I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.”

“I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.”