A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

To believe in luck ... is skepticism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American - Philosopher
May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

To believe in luck, if it were not a solecism so to use the word believe, is skepticism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Joey Logano

Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is.

Gregory Maguire

Do you believe in luck, Ludlow?" I had thought about this more than once in my life. "I believe some poeple are luckier than others."..."Which do you believe in, luck or Destiny?" Joe considered a moment befoe replying, "We make our own luck, Ludlow, by our actions and our state of mind. As such you control your own fate. Oney one thing is certain: None of us can escape the grave.

F.E. Higgins

I'm not a huge luck guy. I think you make your own luck. I don't really believe in some other force making your own luck.

Willie Geist

I don't believe in luck. Luck is just preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.

Oprah Winfrey

I extremely believe in luck, and I discovered more hard work, your luck as much

Thomas Jefferson

A visitor to Niels Bohr's country cottage, noticing a horseshoe hanging on the wall, teasing the eminent scientist about this ancient superstition. "Can it be true that you, of all people, believe it will bring you luck?' 'Of course not,' replied Bohr, 'but I understand it brings you luck whether you believe it or not.'

Niels Bohr

The implication was that if you had any skepticism whatsoever, you were anti-science. I think there's a difference between having skepticism about science and having skepticism about the pharmaceutical industry.

Marianne Williamson

I have many friends who do not believe in luck; they believe in blessings. Likewise, I do not believe in coincidences; I believe in miracles.

Jane Seymour

People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.