#luck

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck. ↗

— Roald Amundsen

#inspirational #luck #inspirational

If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational #luck #quote #the-alchemist #inspirational

But luck withered by conservative, tired, riskless living can be plumped up again--after all, it was only a bit thirsty for something to do. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#luck #inspirational

It was around 4 p.m. in the afternoon. I was just taking a nap. Luckily, my sister was home. ↗

— Sherman Austin

#around #home #i #just #luckily

I've loved you for as long as I can remember, and I'm going to love you for the rest of my life. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#life

That is life, isn’t it? Fate. Luck. Chance. A long series of what-if’s that lead from one moment to the next, time never pausing for you to catch your breath, to make sense of the cards that have been handed to you. And all you can do is play your cards and hope for the best, because in the end, it all comes back to those three basics. Fate. Luck. Chance. ↗

— Kelseyleigh Reber

#fate #life-lessons #luck #life

Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#life #luck #make-it-happen #success #winning

When life gets you down, improvise as if crawling was part of the choreography. ↗

— Iveta Cherneva

#crawling #dance #down #improvise #life

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes. ↗

— David Duval

#also #before #careful #comfortable #earnings

They had parted as boys, and now life presented one of them with a fugitive and the other with a dying man. Both wondered whether this was due to the cards they'd been dealt or to the way they had played them. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#luck #time #life