Hello, JR.  Thanks for reminding us of the luck/work quotations.  Your version above seems to be a combination of Jefferson’s quote and one by Samuel Goldwyn. Here are a number of similar and related quotes collected by Lawyer Steven C. Day, at his Last Chance Democracy Cafe:

“I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.” — Henry Ward Beecher
“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” — Sam Goldwyn
“When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.” — Dr. Armand Hammer
“Luck is the dividend of sweat.” – Ray Kroc
“It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.” — Samuel Smiles

Hello, JR.  Thanks for reminding us of the luck/work quotations.  Your version above seems to be a combination of Jefferson’s quote and one by Samuel Goldwyn. Here are a number of similar and related quotes collected by Lawyer Steven C. Day, at his Last Chance Democracy Cafe:

“I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.” — Henry Ward Beecher
“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” — Sam Goldwyn
“When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.” — Dr. Armand Hammer
“Luck is the dividend of sweat.” – Ray Kroc
“It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.” — Samuel Smiles

“I’m a firm believer in luck, and I’ve found the harder I work, the luckier I get.” –Thomas Jefferson*

I haven’t verified if Jefferson actually said this, but I like the quote none-the-less.

“I’m a firm believer in luck, and I’ve found the harder I work, the luckier I get.” –Thomas Jefferson*

I haven’t verified if Jefferson actually said this, but I like the quote none-the-less.