John Sculley Quotes

Timing in life is everything.

You have to realize in this life and in your life that timing is everything.

I think timing is everything.

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

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Life is about timing.

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.

In politics and life, timing is everything.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

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.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place 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.

Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

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

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

So much of life is not about whether you're good or bad, or right or wrong, or can afford or not afford - it's just about timing.

You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a difference.