Ahmed Zewail Quotes

There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'

Success is not an accident. When you put yourself in the right place at the right time, then you're likely to be more successful because of how you prepare yourself on a daily basis.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.

Anyone can win the Nobel Prize if the scientist works hard on his research subject.

You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened.

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.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

There's more to life than passing exams, and paper qualifications can only take you so far. A lot depends on luck, and on being in the right place at the right time, which was certainly true in my case.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

If you happen to be in the right place at the right time, the capitalist system is a beautiful thing.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

I've come to learn that you can be very, very talented, but if you're not at the right place at the right time... It's a lot of luck.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time.

After 'The Hobbit,' I have no idea if things will change. I suspect if I still want to act I will have to put in the hard yards, not rest on my laurels. A lot of it is right place, right time, but I enjoy the challenge, constantly refining my craft, not taking it too seriously but never taking it for granted.

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.

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.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.