Quotes about Luck

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.

Luck is the residue of design.

They do not know the darkness and the heartaches; they only see the light and joy, and call it luck; do not see the long and arduous journey, but only behold the pleasant goal, and call it good fortune; do not understand the process, but only perceive the result, and call it chance.

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.

A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety and nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stocks snuggles into your heart in the same way.

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.