You have to be eligible for luck to strike and I think that's a matter of education and preparation and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.
~ James A. Michener
Get as much experience as you can so that you're ready when luck works. That's the luck.
~ Henry Fonda
You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum.
~ Darrell Royal
Luck is the residue of design.
~ Branch Rickey
Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it there will be fish.
~ Ovid
Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.
~ Alexis De Tocqueville
Luck is being ready for the chance.
~ J. Frank Dobie
Chance usually favors the prudent man.
~ Joseph Joubert
Combine common sense and the Golden Rule and you will have very little bad luck.
~ Anonymous
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.
~ Menander
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.
~ John Dryden
Boldness be my friend.
~ William Shakespeare