Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

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.

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

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

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.

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

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work.

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed.

Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.

I think luck is a big part of people who are successful in L.A.

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

Success is very much the intersection of luck and hard work.

Success is a matter of luck. If you want proof, ask any failure.

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.

Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.

Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

Character + Chance = Success

I think there is certainly luck and fate involved in any career of any kind. In show business, maybe it's even more true.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation

When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.

Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

You don't get lucky. You create lucky.

Most entrepreneurs will admit luck plays a part in success.