Richard Cobden Quotes

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

Luck generally comes to those who look for it, and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody's door, but if industry does not open it luck goes away.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

The harder you work... and visualize something, the luckier you get.

Care and diligence bring luck.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

Luck relies on chance, labor on character.

You've got to work hard and have luck. Luck only enters in if you do work hard.

There are no shortcuts. You have to work hard, and try to put yourself in a position where if luck strikes, you can see the opportunity and take advantage of it.

I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get.

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

Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.

To put a lot of hard work and effort into a project or character and for it to be recognised, how can it not be nice?

There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you're successful.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.

I'm not a genius; I'm a worker.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

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