Richard Branson Quotes

Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second

The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.

Luck is the residue of design.

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

I did work incredibly hard but I think there's a certain element of luck.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.

In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.

I think that we are all in the right place at the right time almost every day. It's the people who are prepared to be lucky who can take advantage of being there. How do these people position themselves to be lucky? It was Goethe who said, 'Anytime that you take the first step toward trying to achieve something in life, all manner of good things will mysteriously fall into your path to help speed you along your way.' Amen to that!

Fortune has often been blamed for her blindness; but fortune is not so blind as men are. Those who look into practical life will find that fortune is usually on the side of the industrious, as the winds and waves are on the side of the best navigators.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

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

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.

But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.

I never look at it as if any of my successes were given to me through fate. Getting record deals, making the songs I've made, having fans and working with the people I work with aren't chance. I know that dedication and work have gotten me to where I am and will get me to where I wanna go.

You know, there's a lot of luck involved in anybody's success.

The harder you work the luckier you get.