Francis Atterbury Quotes

If there is one universal test of national genius, it is success.

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

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.

Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.

Luck is the residue of design.

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

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me.

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

Outcome is simply the final score: Who won the game; what numbers came up in a roll of the dice; how high did a stock go. Outcome is the result, regardless of the method used to achieve it. It is not controllable.

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

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

People that I know, the vast majority, who are successful work really, really hard. Sure, there's some people that either get lucky or inherited it or don't have to work hard for some reason, but the vast majority who are successful work really, really hard.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

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

We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

Success is always a matter of some luck and timing.

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.

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