116 Lady Luck Quotes

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Famous Lady Luck Quotes

For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock. — Timothy Zahn

When luck joins in the game, cleverness scores double. — Yiddish Proverbs

Luck is believing you're lucky. — Tennessee Williams

Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting — Gregory David Roberts

Of course it's all luck. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck. — George S. Clason

Luck plays a meaningful role in everyone’s lives. — Jim Simons

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design. — Branch Rickey

Fortune befriends the bold. — John Dryden

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. — Ovid

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold. — Yiddish Proverbs

Luck is being ready for the chance. — J. Frank Doble

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. — Seneca

A good player is always lucky. - Jose Raul Capablanca

A good player is always lucky. — Jose Raul Capablanca

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. — Denzel Washington

Luck Quotes

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. — Dalai Lama

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come. — Serena Williams

Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day. — Debbie Shapiro

Lady luck quote How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have. — Thomas Jefferson

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved. — Bill Russell

Good luck, Mr. Gorsky! — Neil Armstrong

Lady luck quote If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck. — Abdul Kalam

Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it — Roald Amundsen

I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you. — Seve Ballesteros

If my efforts have led to greater success than usual, this is due, I believe, to the fact that during my wanderings in the field of medicine, I have strayed onto paths where the gold was still lying by the wayside. It takes a little luck to be able to distinguish gold from dross, but that is all. — Robert Koch

Fortune And Luck Quotes

O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits. Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire. — John L. Bates

The harder I work the more I live. - George Bernard Shaw

The harder I work the more I live. — George Bernard Shaw

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. - Cormac McCarthy

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. — Cormac McCarthy

Lady luck quote Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others; made especially savage for children because they may not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it. — Paul Newman

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune. — Ludwig von Mises

Lady luck quote The hard work puts you where the good luck can find you.
The hard work puts you where the good luck can find you.

I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future. — Nina Dobrev

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life. — Mark Twain

Come, my friend, forget your foes, and leave your fears behind, And wander forth to try your luck, with cheerful, quiet mind; For be your fortune great or small, you take what God will give, And all the day your heart will say, "'Tis luck enough to live. — Henry Van Dyke

The harder I work, the luckier I become. — Terry Pratchett

Lucky Girl Quotes

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky. — Monica Lewinsky

I like girls who are natural because I am natural in everything I do. If I meet a girl who is snobby and wants special treatment, she's not going to get it from me because she hasn't earned it. But I've been basically lucky because I've mostly met nice girls - and that's what attracts me. — River Phoenix

Being in a girl group, we might bicker a lot about hair dryers or straighteners, but it's never serious. We've been lucky that we get along so much, it's like having three other sisters to party with every day-it's fun! — Perrie Edwards

Lady luck quote Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

I wasnt an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do. — Kate Bush

If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse. — Taylor Swift

I was born pretty lucky, an Aryan Australian, friendly girl, that gives you a lot of advantages in the world. I was unaware of people's fights or struggles for equality. I was really naive. — Sia Furler

Lady luck quote If youre depending on luck to change your future, dont be surprised when not much changes!
If youre depending on luck to change your future, dont be surprised when not much changes!

I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school and that single sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths. — Kerry Washington

So there you have it, the extent of my charms: brown hair and eyes like unbarfed chocolate. I'm a lucky girl." -Max — James Patterson

Luck is one of the most important things in the world and really has a role to play in everything, and in marriage, I've been lucky enough to be married to the same girl for all these years. — Stan Lee

Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are so pretty, they can't go weird enough to be funny. You have to be willing to be ugly. I'm lucky my face can look so hideous. — Jennifer Coolidge

Lucky Day Quotes

Fools wait for a lucky day but every day is a lucky day for an industrious man. - Buddha

Fools wait for a lucky day but every day is a lucky day for an industrious man. — Buddha

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day — Will Durant

Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man. - Buddha

Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man. — Buddha

Lady luck quote Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it. — Jimmy Dean

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky. — Dr. Armand Hammer

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky. — Armand Hammer

Lady luck quote Many times the wrong train took me to the right place.
Many times the wrong train took me to the right place.

The lesson learned: Never take your loved ones for granted. And if you’re ever lucky enough to find that one person in life who makes you love more than any other person could possibly make you love, you treat every day together as if it were your last. You cherish every moment. — SebastiAn

My life doesn't change. I still have to go out and work hard every day, and do the best that I can do. I'm a third generation Californian, and there's a lot of talented, good-looking guys in California, so I'm just happy to be working, and lucky to be working. — Scott Eastwood

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day. — Japanese Proverbs

In our lives, on average, we will be asleep for a total of 8,477 days. If we're lucky, some of that time will be sleeping next to someone we love. — Ze Frank

Lucky Breaks Quotes

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky. — Gene Wilder

People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the “lucky breaks” theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck... The world is run by those who show up…not those who wait to be asked. — Steve Blank

The world is run by those who show up not those who wait to be asked. — Steve Blank

Lady luck quote I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances.

Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you're only looking for a lucky break. — Unknown Author

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone. — Trevor Nunn

I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. — Isaac Asimov

Lady luck quote Your clothes should be tight enough to show you are a woman, but loose enough to show you are a lady
Your clothes should be tight enough to show you are a woman, but loose enough to show you are a lady.

I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break. — Matthew Gray Gubler

To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all. — Malcolm Gladwell

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. — Napoleon Hill

I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise. — J. J. Johnson

Lucky Person Quotes

I'm a very lucky person. I'm an idiot, and I've shoveled through life rather nicely so far, so I don't feel like I deserve good treatment. — John Mulaney

A lucky person is someone who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes — Greek Proverbs

It's morning, and again I am that lucky person who is in it. — Mary Oliver

Lady luck quote Entrepreneurship isn't about luck, it's about vision, time management, creativity, determination and
Entrepreneurship isn't about luck, it's about vision, time management, creativity, determination and goals.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though. — Norah Jones

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters. — Joe Biden

I'm a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I'd just get worried. — Tom T. Hall

Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be. — Joan Ryan

I am a very lucky person, and the harder I work, the luckier I seem to be. — Alan MacDiarmid

Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one. — William Goldman

I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who. — Lalla Ward

Good Fortune Quotes

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. — Hermann Hesse

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. Henceforth, I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune. Henceforth, I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing. — Walt Whitman

The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one. — William Blake

I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour. — Hannibal

The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do. — Abraham Maslow

Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine guidance, right action, and all the blessings of life. — Joseph Murphy

Wrestling seemed like something I might be good at, so I stuck with it and gave it a shot. I ended up in a pretty good place. I was very fortunate. — Seth Rollins

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration. — Evan Esar

It snowed all day long, fortunately it didn't stay on the road. It was very, very cold today. Fortunately, the wind was at my back. The terrain was rolly but not big hills. The first miles were like usual tough, but I felt quite good from there till the end of 10 miles. — Terry Fox

Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful. — Umera Ahmed

Lucky Man Quotes

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man. — Charles Dickens

It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the luxury of his emotions - like a tipsy traveller resting for the night at wayside inn. — Alexander Pushkin

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. — Ernest Hemingway

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. - Juvenal

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. — Juvenal

Better be the lucky man than the lucky man’s son. — Scottish Proverbs

Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life. — Confucius

Adam was the first lucky man as he had no mother-in-law. — Jewish Proverbs

My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.' — Josh Charles

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all. — Unknown

I don't know anything about luck, but that the harder I train, the luckier I get. — Ingemar Stenmark

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More Lady Luck Quotes

Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck. — Terry Pratchett

Long as I live large, life will be luxury, Ladies in Lamborghinis...love is like luck to me. — Redman

Lady Luck smiles on those who continue their efforts — Jim Rogers

Lady Luck shines on all, but rather than having your umbrella overhead, you've got to have your face to the sky. When it comes down to it, it's all you, baby. There's no other way around it. — Darren Hardy

Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return. — Lewis H. Lapham

When I was a kid. I never really had luck with the ladies my early years in high school. Then I started singing and I found that helped, so I would go in the talent show every year. It was always some female singer that would go up there and blast out some Celine Dion classic and just blow me away. — Paolo Nutini

I always found it rather pathetic that as a photographer I would be dependent to such a large extent on sheer luck... So the moment I was offered [digital] tools to bend the shape of the image into my choices, and not those of lady luck, I was hooked. — Pedro Meyer

Luck, be a lady tonight. — Frank Loesser

Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth. — John Milton

My good lady,’ interrupted Clent, ‘are you telling me that he is not the Luck? That you have in some way obfuscated the chronology of his nativity?’ Seconds passed. A beetle flew into Mistress Leap’s hair while she stared at Clent, then it struggled free and flew off again. ‘Did you lie about when he was born?’ translated Mosca. — Frances Hardinge

I'd wish you luck, but I don't think it would help," "Why not?" "My lady, you make your own luck. — Maria V. Snyder

Worst thing in the world? John is completely out of it. Good luck, ladies. He's a freak! — Mandy Moore

You must be a poet, a lady of evil luck desiring to be what you are not, longing to be what you can only visit. — Anne Sexton

Donald Trump is a man who just absorbs information and people and experiences. And I've witnessed him firsthand with his five children, his 10 year old son, his wife Melania, who's just an incredible first lady for all of us, amazing. God bless her, we're all very luck to have her leadership, as well. And I've witnessed him with his four adult children and his eight grandchildren. He's a family man. — Kellyanne Conway

I always think about Katharine Graham - she was the publisher of The Washington Post. In her autobiography she talks about the way her parents met. Her father was, I think, in New York just walking by on his way home and looked into a store and saw the lady that became his wife. It was just pure luck. And she said that it once again reminds her of the role that luck and chance play in our life. I really believe that, too. — Owen Wilson

About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. — Jane Austen

Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her. — B. C. Forbes

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals. Lady Luck has been good to me and I fancy she has been good to everyone. Only some people are dour, and when she gives them the come hither with her eyes, they look down or turn away and lift an eyebrow. But me, I give her the wink and away we go. — William Allen White

Lady luck is trying his best for Liverpool — Steve Claridge

Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well as for us. His wife has no such luck. The First Lady has no rules; rather each new woman must make her own. — Shana Alexander

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