What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's read more

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

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

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

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit read more

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.

Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?