37+ Luck Quotes About Hard Work, Success, And Destiny (2023)

37+ Luck Quotes About Hard Work, Success, And Destiny (2023)

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Here are the best inspirational quotes and sayings for 2023 on luck that will inspire hard work, destiny, and success.


What Is Luck Sayings

1. “Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get” – Ray Kroc

2. “Luck is what you have leftover after you give 100 percent” – Langston Coleman

3. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” – Seneca

4. “Luck is what we make it, not what is thrust upon us” – George Bellairs

5. “Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it” – Hunter S. Thompson

6. “Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favors. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need” – P.G. Wodehouse

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Short Quotes About Luck

7. “In short, Luck’s always to blame” – Jean De La Fontaine

8. “No great achievement happens by luck” – Howard Schultz

9. “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change” – Wilson Mizner

10. “Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it” – Brandon Mull

11. “The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself” – Douglas Macarthur

12. “Luck can only get you so far” – J. K. Rowling

13. “You make your own luck” – Ernest Hemingway

14. “Luck marches with those who give their very best” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Funny Quotes About Luck

15. “We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?” – Jean Cocteau

16. “Luck is believing you’re lucky” – Tennessee Williams

17. “People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have” – Anne Tyler

18. “Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men” – E. B. White

19. “Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence” – James Cash Penney

20. “Luck always seems like it belongs to someone else” – David Levien

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Quotes About Good And Bad Luck

21. “Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

22. “Here’s the thing about luck…you don’t know if it’s good or bad until you have some perspective” – Alice Hoffman

23. “You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from” – Cormac McCarthy

24. “The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act” – Barbara Sher

25. “Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality” – Eliyahu Goldratt

26. “Your good luck will come in waves, and so does your bad, so you have to take the good with the bad and press forward” – Nick Cummins

27. “It’s hard to detect good luck – it looks so much like something you’ve earned” – Frank A. Clark

28. “Learn to recognize good luck when it’s waving at you, hoping to get your attention” – Sally Koslow


Quotes About Being Lucky Person

29. “True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home” – John Hay

30. “There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill” – Balthasar Gracian

31. “We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want – or near enough” – Roald Dahl

32. “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck” – Dalai Lama XIV

33. “Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way” – Aaron Allston

34. “Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid” – John Dewey


Don’t Depend On Luck Quotes

35. “There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe” – Dr. Armand Hammer

36. “Luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often” – Brian Tracy

37. “You don’t get lucky while sitting in the sofa with arms crossed doing nothing. You can be lucky only when you are prepared” – Nesta Jojoe Erskine

38. “In the long run, you make your own luck – good, bad, or indifferent” – Loretta Lynn

39. “Luck is the savior for the few but a demon for the masses” – Michael Titorenko

40. “There is no such thing as luck. It’s a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes” – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

41. “Luck is not chance. It’s Toil. Fortune’s expensive smile is earned” – Emily Dickinson


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