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Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Sep 19, 2025
When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.
Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
If it wasn't for her literally doing my homework for me, I would not have even graduated high school. Guaranteed . . . My mom always said, 'Luck is nothing but preparation and opportunity.' I think because I've had that history of not really being great in school, I probably try to overcompensate. That's why I try to read so many books. Just so I don't feel . . . uneducated.
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
Arrange whatever pieces come your way.
Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Winning is the science of being totally prepared
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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