Luck is what we make it, not what is thrust upon us. You’ve shown initiative and it has nothing to do with luck.

People from my father’s generation didn’t have the luxury to be unhappy in their job.

Happy endings are a luxury of fiction.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

Friendship is one of the greatest luxuries of life.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

You don’t buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from others.

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Family is our greatest luxury.

Hate is such a luxurious emotion; it can only be spent on one we love.

Luck can only get you so far.

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

When you do your best, luck is always on your side.

There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.

Luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

It’s hard to detect good luck — it looks so much like something you’ve earned.