I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky. ~ Katharine Hepburn

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. ~ Barbara Bush

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.  ~ Larry King

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~ Thomas Jefferson

How can you say luck and chance are the same thing? Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterwards. ~ Amy Tan

Nobody's right till somebody's wrong. / Nobody's weak till somebody's strong. / Nobody's lucky till love comes along. Nobody's lonely till somebody's gone. ~ Eric Clapton

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again. ~ Paula Cole

Go and wake up your luck. ~ Persian Proverb

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. ~ Don Shula

Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick

Good fortune has side effects. ~ Martha Beck

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