Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

To get to the top, you must put in a lot of hard work, but you also need to be blessed with talent.

You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

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.

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

The more I practice the luckier I get.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

It's not because I'm lucky. I work very hard.

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

It isn't always hard work that does the job.

I have achieved everything through either hard work or luck.

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

People that I know, the vast majority, who are successful work really, really hard. Sure, there's some people that either get lucky or inherited it or don't have to work hard for some reason, but the vast majority who are successful work really, really hard.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

I never look at it as if any of my successes were given to me through fate. Getting record deals, making the songs I've made, having fans and working with the people I work with aren't chance. I know that dedication and work have gotten me to where I am and will get me to where I wanna go.

If you have talent, then success will come to you.

Destiny plays an important part, but talent and hard work is also important.

If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there.