Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.

The latitude and longitudinal lines of where you are born determine your opportunity in life, and it's not equal. We may have been created equal, but we're not born equal. It's a lot to do with luck and you have to pass that on.

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

Everything in life is luck.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.