When you work seven days a week, fourteen hours a day, you get lucky.
—Armand Hammer (1898–1992) American Entrepreneur, Businessman
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may … meet with great misfortunes.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
—Ray Kroc (1902–84) American Entrepreneur, Businessperson
When luck joins in the game, cleverness scores double.
—Yiddish Proverb
People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.
—Anne Tyler (b.1941) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
You don’t just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
—Barbara Bush (1925–2018) American First Lady
When God throws the dice are loaded.
—Greek Proverb
Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but it didn’t work for the rabbit.
—Unknown
When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when you slip up and return to old, self-defeating habits, recognize the signs that you’re out of harmony with intention.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Essayist, Short Story Writer, Satirist
Good luck is a lazy man’s estimate of a worker’s success.
—Unknown
To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.
—Japanese Proverb
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck, even while waiting for it.
—Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer
I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, and who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck and effectively to gain her favor.
—Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer
No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
—Demosthenes (384–322 BCE) Greek Statesman, Orator
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted, but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
—Garrison Keillor (b.1942) American Author, Humorist, Radio Personality
Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.
—George Samuel Clason (1874–1957) American Businessperson, Author
Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.
—Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–56) American Athlete, Golfer
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer.
—Unknown
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
People often remark that I’m pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you’ve got to have talent and know how to use it.
—Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) American Singer
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Chance can be thought of as the cards you are dealt in life. Choice is how you play them.
—Edward O. Thorp
There are no chances so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
—Douglas William Jerrold (1803–57) English Writer, Dramatist, Wit
Luck is infatuated with the efficient.
—Persian Proverb
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Luck is loaned, not owned.
—Norwegian Proverb