A Quote by Juvenal

Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

Juvenal

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Juvenal
Roman - Poet
60 - 130

There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

You create your own luck by the way you play. There is no such luck as bad luck. Fate has nothing to do with success or failure, because that is a negative philosophy that indicts one's confidence, and I'll have no part of it.

Greg Norman

You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum.

Darrell Royal

There was no such thing as luck. Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity. More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

Joe Abercrombie

I believe 0% is luck. I think you create your own luck, so I don't believe in luck.

Joey Logano

You can do anything you want to do. You have to work hard, you have to create your own luck, and you have to have some luck also.

Shahid Khan

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.

Yousuf Karsh

By working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.

Richard Branson

As badly as I want a medal, I know there is a lot of luck involved in that. I want to put myself in position to be in the top three, give it my all and hope luck comes my way.

Kara Goucher

The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.

Tanith Lee

Luck does play a huge role in whatever field you're practicing, whether that's medicine, acting, singing; but the way you make luck work for you is you constantly put yourself in a position to get lucky.

Mikhail Varshavski

Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers.

Richard Baxter

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

Ivan Glasenberg

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

Robert South

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.