Luck Quotes

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day.

There were people I know that got upset that I kissed people; I kissed them for luck and love, that's all. That's what my mother did to me. There were people upset that I would embrace or hug someone of another color.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

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

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.

I still have horrible luck with girls.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!

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

I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.

You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck.

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.

Luck, be a lady tonight.

Everyone has to find their own way, it's just that I don't want to go that way myself. If a band likes being on a major and feels happy there, good luck to them.

Here's where I luck out: I'm really computer illiterate.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.