Luck
That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.
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Luck Quotations
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
Winston Churchill
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin
It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.
Steve Jobs
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Tony Robbins
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
Henry David Thoreau
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
Ernest Hemingway
Good night, and good luck.
Edward R. Murrow
I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
Steven Wright
Luck Translations
luck in Afrikaans is geluk, kans, lot
luck in Danish is held
luck in Dutch is bof, mazzel, geluk, buitenkansje
luck in Finnish is osa, mahdollisuus
luck in French is chance, sort
luck in Hungarian is szerencse
luck in Latin is fors fortis, fortuna, fors-itis
luck in Norwegian is hell, lykke
luck in Portuguese is sorte
luck in Spanish is felicidad, chance
luck in Swedish is tur
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