Norman Douglas Quotes

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Timing in life is everything.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

You can be great only if it is your destiny.

Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you work hard on something, you are more likely to be lucky than if you don't. That having been said, I do believe during in my career I have been at the right place at the right time with the right people.

Timing in life is everything.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

I think timing is everything.

I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.

A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.

Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.

I had been thinking about how greatness always has a hand from luck or fate. That no one ever achieves anything with their will alone. The luck or fate that helped us, amongst many others, was that my sister happened to know these two heavy metal kids David Navarro and Stephen Perkins.

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

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.