Luck Quotes

“It’s not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element

“One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing.” ~ Dr. Ken Robinson, The Element

“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” ~ Edward Gibbon

“I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Luck influences everything in life, but nothing beats setting goals and striving body and soul to achieve them.” ~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.” ~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.” ~ Ovid

“I’ve always worked very, very hard, and the harder I worked, the luckier I got.” ~ Alan Bond

“The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.” ~ Channing Pollock

“Be ready when opportunity comes…Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.” ~ Roy D. Chapin Jr.

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
Coleman Cox