“So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into another's, that some of the most sagacious of men, as Cardinal Mazarin and Rothschild, seem to have been inclined to regard luck as the first element of worldly success; experience, sagacity, energy, and enterprise as nothing, if linked to an unlucky star.” IfsMenFirstsDoeHas BeensSeemsEnergyStarsDestinyElementsMouthsRegardLuckFortuneEnterpriseSilverOne ManWorldlyLinkedSpoonsCardinalsUnluckySagacityRothschildSilver SpoonsLucky Star Book:Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life Source: Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life
“It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.” PeopleWorldKindGuyStarsTvsLuckCome UpChampionKarateChuckSmile Because Author:Chuck Norris
“Gilbert Jonas, painter, believed in his star.... His own faith was not, however, without its virtues because it consisted in admitting, in some obscure way, that he would obtain many things without deserving them.” WayFaithStarsVirtueLuckPainterObscureDeservingAdmitting Author:Albert Camus
“I had long periods where I couldn't make things happen, and then periods of enormous good luck. I guess the trick is to keep going in the periods when you're not lucky, when your stars are not aligned.” LongHappensStarsPeriodsLuckyLuckThings HappenTricksEnormousKeep GoingGood LuckMake Things Happen Author:Mary Harron
“Democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head - this signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle.” MenCountryLightStarsWhiteDemocracyTreeLuckBillsDollarsBranchesOver ItTailsWhite ManFeathersEaglesArrowsWildlifeBad LuckClawsDollar BillsAmerican Eagle Author:Johnny Carson