Louis Nizer Quotes

The more I practice the luckier I get.

No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

You never know when the break is going to come, so you have to keep plugging away.

If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there.

The harder I practiced, the luckier I got.

I don't believe much in luck. I believe more in work, in convincing, in stubbornness and in capacity.

I'm hard-nosed about luck...If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost always make your own fortune.

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

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.

That's the beauty of country music - you have to get out there and earn it and work hard. And when you're on the road with big name acts, you realize there's no easy way to the 'Promised Land' in this business.

I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

I may not be smarter, I may not be as well-known, but I know I can outwork any of them.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

Nothing beats hard work.