People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Fate & Destiny Quotes (3415 Quotes)
Overall, it makes it possible to learn a lot more about the fate of individuals and to learn a lot more about the Holocaust itself concentration camps, deportations, slave-enforced labor and displaced persons.
We found him just by sheer luck. I was going after some boys from England, and Barry's name popped up. We had what he wanted. Hopefully, he has what we wanted.
It was always planned for the Epsom to be his third run back, ... He's ready but he needs luck.
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
I can't explain. It's just bad luck, I guess.
Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May, 1895, at Madanapalle, a small village in south India. Soon after moving to Madras with his family in 1909, Krishnamurti was adopted by Mrs. Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society. She was convinced that he was to become a great spiritual teacher. Three years later she took him to England to be educated in preparation for his future role. An organization was set up to promote this role. In 1929, after many years of questioning himself and the destiny imposed upon him, Krishnamurti disbanded this organisation, turning away all followers saying Truth is a pathless land.... (J.
And I thought some lucky actress will get to do it. But not me. Someone with clout.
Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well as for us. His wife has no such luck. The First Lady has no rules rather each new woman must make her own.
There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky.
That shows you that any mistakes you make are going to be costly. Lucky for me I made one mistake and it was only two runs.
Hopefully, we can kick on and keep winning games. Hopefully, Chelsea will drop a few points and we can get close to them or even catch them. And with a bit of luck, we could end up overtaking them.
Destiny isn't really in our hands anymore. All we can do is win our games and hope they lose. We're not going to let this destroy our whole season.
I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
We were that generation called ''silent,'' but we were silent neither, as some thought, because we shared the period's official optimism nor, as others thought, because we feared its official repression. We were silent because the exhilaration of social action seemed to many of us just one more way of escaping the personal, of masking for a while that dread of the meaningless which was man's fate.
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
Xavier's been kind of lucky as far as injuries (over the years). I guess it's the law of averages catching up to them.
He really does believe that it's his destiny, so to speak, to do it and to do it right.
The only difference between Providence and maybe somebody a little bit higher in the standings is the young kids. Providence is talented but they're young. Young teams make mistakes.
They're all tough there. At this level everybody's tough and you need a little bit of luck. He wrestled well, had a little bit of luck and I think it was a successful tournament for him.
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
Now we can manage our destiny. Without this agreement, we would be going to court forever and we would have to put our children and old ladies dressed in button blankets in the way of the chain saws.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
It sort of solidifies us a little bit, winning the counties back-to-back. Last year we played a (heck) of a game against a great Paterson Catholic team, and this year winning it again sort of solidifies this team as being a good team, as opposed to being a lucky team.
He's our guy. I'm not worried about his struggles at all. If you look at it, he's had some tough luck. He's hit some balls on the money right at guys. We think he's going to hit. He proved enough to us last year.
The original sin appeared only when man accepted defeat, denying his own Self in favor of the outside one of the world to which he belongs and thus fragmenting the image on his own Destiny, which is composed of the outside world and the Sacred Self in the inside.
It is difficult but not impossible to conduct strictly honest business. What is true is that honesty is incompatible with the amassing of a large fortune.
I had a lot of lucky breaks When I got a job that I had no training in I just had to get good and work very, very hard, learning what I needed.
He wanted to give us his congratulations, ... I expect nothing less from Joe. It was great to hear his voice, and he wished us luck.
Kenny came up huge in the end. He was the guy they were leaving open and he hit that one shot with a little bit of luck, then the second one was dead center and he hit the free throws.
The whore and gambler, by the state licensed, build that nation's fate. The harlot's cry from street to street shall weave England's winding sheet.
I thought we were unlucky. I want to give my congratulations to them because they won. But we were the best team.
From the beginning our goal was to get to the final and play for the gold medal. It's always tough to go all the way, and we have had some good luck. Tonight we had a great effort from 20 guys.
There is no life higher than the grasstops
Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind
Pours by like destiny, bending
Everything in one direction.
The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.
With Jim being traded, it's a relief because you don't have to answer those questions any more. At the same time, you wish him the best of luck and hope he comes back and has the same kind of year he's been having.
I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.
We control our own destiny. That's about all you can ask for at this point.
Care and diligence bring luck.
You've got to have some luck. This thing is going to go down to the last week of the season.
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. What is the worth of all this The only guide to a man is his conscience the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations but with this shield, however the fate may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
He does what is pre ordained for him, no one can erase his destiny.
If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.
Roberts pulled out of the 1998 Masters after breaking two ribs while sneezing. The sneeze 'sent me to my knees and I kind of felt something pop,' he reported. Wrote Golf Magazine columnist David Feherty 'He was lucky. If it had been a (lower intestinal emission), he might have shattered his pelvis.'
It was exactly how I drew it up in the huddle. Dribble to the corner and hit a three-pointer falling out of bounds at the buzzer. It was a tremendous shot. Lucky for us, it went in. It was one of those games (that) whoever scores last won.
I had the luck at 18 to become assistant to Christian Dior, and to succeed him at 21 and to meet with success from my first collection in 1958. That will be 44 years in a few days. Above all it was Christian Dior who was my master and who was the first to reveal the secrets and mysteries of haute couture.
Greatness is in the Hands of the Creator it is obtained by pre-ordained destiny.
We've been very lucky, but we're not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination.
There is spotty evidence that in some stores inventories are running low, but considering that the action that's in the stores is not particularly hot these days, that (low inventories) may not be the worst possible fate. In many cases a lot of stores reduced the orders they placed, and in some cases, canceled orders, which is exactly what's happening.