“To solicit the aid of luck is like stirring muddy water to bring objects submerged at the bottom to the top where they can be seen. Every worker would to well to tempt their good luck. Nevertheless, we should not depend on it too much.” ShouldWellsWaterToo MuchObjectsDependsLuckWorkersBottomAidsNeverthelessGood LuckStirringMuddySubmerged Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal
“My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.” BelieveHardOpportunityParentTaughtHard WorkDependsAdvantageLuckGenerosityGenerousPreparingGenerosity Of Others Author:Naveen Jain
“It's difficult to say what's luck and what's not because everything depends on what you learn along the way, and that depends on you as an individual. So I suppose, no, I don't believe in it.” WayBelieveIndividualDifficultDependsLuckDon't Believe Author:Chloe Rose Lattanzi
“Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.” DependsHabitLuckPeculiarBad LuckBest Of LuckFortune And Luck Author:George S. Clason
“My wish and hope, every year, is that people's life chances - their chances of having a happy, prosperous, healthy life for themselves and their family and friends - should not depend on accident of birth. It shouldn't depend on where you're born. It should depend on who you are and what you do. But it shouldn't depend on the chance and the luck of being born in the U.S. or in a poor village in Sub-Saharan Africa or India or wherever it may be.” PeopleShouldYearsMayWishBornChancePoorDependsBirthHealthyIndiaLuckWho You AreAccidentsVillageFamily And FriendsProsperousHealthy LifeMy WishWishes And HopesSub Saharan Africa Author:Michael Elliott
“I think the personal and psychological aspects of war remain the same. War is about killing and dying. A man or woman stands at the post and there is a very real possibility of dying in the next five minutes. Whether he dies or not depends partly on him and partly on luck, and yet he must continue to function.” ThinkingMenWarRealDiesNextFiveMinutesDyingPossibilityDependsAspectFunctionLuckKillingPsychologicalPostsFive Minutes Author:George Friedman
“In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.” ThinkingWayMomentsCoursesWinningDependsLuckTennis Author:Rafael Nadal