I find I'm luckier when I work harder.

They who await no gifts from chance have conquered fate. — Matthew Arnold

The worst cynicism  a belief in luck. — Joyce Carol Oates

To believe in luck ... is skepticism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shallow men believe in luck  wise and strong men in cause and effect. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. — Calvin Coolidge

Luck is what a capricious man believes in. — Benjamin Disraeli

Luck serves ... as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny. — Hannah Arendt

Luck is a word devoid of sense  nothing can exist without a cause. — Voltaire

Fortune is the rod of the weak  and the staff of the brave. — James Russell Lowell

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck. — B. C. Forbes