Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

Fate has blessed me.

Fortune is either with you or it's not.

Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Few people realize that luck is created.

Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

My life has been a whole series of accidents, some of them happy, some not.

Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.

I have so much. Why did it all happen to me? There has to be a reason.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera!

I am a great believer in luck.

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.

The theme of luck comes up a lot. It's something I thought about before, why some people are lucky and some people aren't lucky. It seems like some people you meet can sort of cultivate luck, and I've always been fascinated by that.

History throws you what it throws you, and you never know what’s coming.