Good Luck quotes
361 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"A big part of winning is having lots of good luck. And I think a good competitor makes his own luck. That's why he is a winner. Luck to me is lots of determination lots of hard work, faith in myself, and in God."
"I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."
"The harder I work the more I live."
"Good luck lies in odd numbers."
"This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death."
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"I was in the right place at the right time."
"I happened to be in the right place at the right time."
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered."
"I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'"
"Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck."
"The Western World has been brainwashed by Aristotle for the last 2,500 years. The unconscious, not quite articulate, belief of most Occidentals is that there is one map which adequately represents reality. By sheer good luck, every Occidental thinks he or she has the map that fits. Guerrilla ontology, to me, involves shaking up that certainty."
"In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone."
"Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck."
"There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. If you fail, do not be discouraged; try again. When you do well, do not change your ways. Success is not just good luck: it is a combination of hard work, good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing. Success will not last if you do not take care of it."
"Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."
"Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody."
"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."
"When the rhythms of our body-mind are in synch with nature's rhythms, when we are living in harmony with life, we are living in the state of grace. To live in grace is to experience that state of consciousness where things flow effortlessly and our desires are easily fulfilled. Grace is magical, synchronistic, coincidental, joyful. It's that good-luck factor. But to live in grace we have to allow nature's intelligence to flow through us without interfering."
"Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades."
"We can't repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness."
"Okay, men,” he said. “And women,” said Chaser Angelina Johnson. “And women,” Wood agreed. “This is it.” “The big one,” said Fred Weasley. “The one we’ve all been waiting for,” said George. “We know Oliver’s speech by heart,” Fred told Harry, “we were on the team last year.” “Shut up, you two,” said Wood. “This is the best team Gryffindor’s had in years. We’re going to win. I know it.” He glared at them all as if to say, “Or else.” “Right. It’s time. Good luck, all of you."
"It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck."
"So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity."
"God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often"
