William Colby Quotes

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. (Talon Karrde)

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.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

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

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

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

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

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

I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them.

Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

You never know when you're going to get an opportunity.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.

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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.