Mary Stewart Quotes

Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."

If the heavens throw you dates, you got to keep your mouth open.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.

Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance.

The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.

You gotta take chances in this life or you're already dead.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

If you don't take a chance-you won't have a chance.

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it.

The luck will alter and the star will rise.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.

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

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.

My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.

Few people realize that luck is created.

People think I'm smart because Flickr was successful. I'm lucky. Maybe I'm smart, too. But, I'm lucky.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.