Luck

1. Name the greatest of all inventors: Accident.
by Mark Twain

2. Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the result of any great design, but of chance.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

3. Shallow men believe in luck, wise and strong men in cause and effect.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. Luck is a word devoid of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
by Voltaire

5. Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
by Sophocles

6. You just don't luck into things…. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
by Barbara Bush

7. Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair, have practised early in life the valuable habits of self denial, industry and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
by Grenville Kleiser

8. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
by Oprah Winfrey