L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?”
Source: The Old Man and the Sea
“Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.”
Source: Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976
“Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.”
Source: Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three
“Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant.”
Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“LUCK is a word used by people who did not take action when greatest opportunities were presented. They use it to describe the success of those who have acted.
Some use FAITH to describe what others call LUCK”
Source: I Dare You To Try It
“Luck is a word used to describe the success of people you don't like.”
“Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.”
Source: J.C. Penney: the Man with a Thousand Partners: An Autobiography of J.C. Penney
“Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.”
“Luck is an accident that happens to the competent.”
“Luck is an equal opportunity distributor.”
Source: The Compound Effect
“Luck is an excuse people give for failure.”
Source: Rep By Rep
“Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control.”
Source: Paths to power: a woman's guide from first job to top executive
“Luck is being ready for the chance.”
“Luck is believing you're lucky.”
Source: A Streetcar Named Desire
“Luck is blind, they say. It can’t see where it’s going and keeps running into people…and the people it knocks into we call lucky! Well, to hell with luck if it's like that, I say!”
Source: Zorba the Greek
“Luck is buying a lottery ticket along with your Yoo-hoo and striking it rich. Nothing about my life is lucky- it is all about hard work, it is all uphill struggle.”
Source: Something Borrowed: A Novel
“Luck is created by the prepared.”
“Luck is crucial from the first inhale we take as we emerge from our mother's womb to the last exhale we make at the end of 'tour-de-life.”
“Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.”
Source: Growing a Business
“Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.”
“Luck is flow and force. There's no power that can fully take that into account, fate is still wavering.”
“Luck is for the ill-prepared.”
“Luck is for those with nothing else. I wish you strength and courage.”
Source: Unleash the Storm
“Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.”
Source: The last lecture
“Luck is just another word for tenacity of purpose.”
“Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.”
“Luck is just the result of a positive mental attitude.”
“Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.”
“Luck is like an atheistic word for God.”
“Luck is luck ... What we do with it determines whether it's good or bad.”
Source: The Novels of Nora Roberts
“Luck is lucky, but only when met with effort.”
“Luck is made by the making the right choices at the right timing and place.”
Source: Life Is Simply A Game
“Luck is manufactured in the factory of GOD only. So no reason for believing only GOD and not LUCK.”
“Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish.”
“Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad.”
“Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.”
Source: Interesting Times: Adapted for the Stage by Stephen Briggs
“Luck is not a business model.”
Source: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
“Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.”
Source: Change Your Luck: The Scientific Way to Improve Your Life
“Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.”
“Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“Luck is not some esoteric, godlike phenomenon. Luck is countable but undefinable. Luck easily can be explained by a number of factors acting in favour of a person. These factors' behaviour could be statistically proved, and the probability of such a result is possible. So, it is not an unexplainable event. Actually, the miracle would be if these events (luck) are not in presence in our life. So, make your luck!"”
“Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.”
“Luck is not the hand of God.... Luck is the way the wind swirls and the dust settles eons after God has passed by.”
“Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.”
“Luck is one of the most important things in the world and really has a role to play in everything, and in marriage, I've been lucky enough to be married to the same girl for all these years.”
“Luck is one thing. It has always been there, it has always been a part of my success. It's a part of everyone's success. Without it, you can't be successful. But luck is something you have to stimulate, something you have to nurture through the choices you make...That's why things have always worked out for me. Things work out not just because I'm lucky, but because I plan ahead. I figure out what I want and I go for it. I've always spent a lot of time trying to surround myself with the right people, the kinds of teammates who could lead me to my goals.”
“Luck is only found where there is absolute courage.”
Source: The Divine Government: Guidance for the Leader
“Luck is only my lover, not my wife," replied Bahktiaan easily. He drew his saber. "If ever I wed, it will be skill and intelligence." "Tedious bedfellows," said Sergi.”
“Luck is opportunity meeting up with preparation. So you must prepare yourself to be lucky.”
“Luck is opportunity met by preparation - and to be prepared or unprepared is a personal choice.”