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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.
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?
You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.
You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.
I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for
the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was read more
I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for
the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected
works of Francis Bacon.
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be read more
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.
Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving
Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast read more
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over you realize how lucky you read more
Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over you realize how lucky you truly are.