Misattributed
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Originated with Samuel Goldwyn as a paraphrase of a proverb from a collection by Coleman Cox, but similar proverbs have existed since the 16th century. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/21/luck-hard-work/ <br class="br">Misattributed
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
Jay Samit (1961) American businessman
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p.151
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
David Fleming (1940–2010) British activist
It was Thomas Jefferson who started the stream of variations on that theme. He should have added, 'The harder I work on one thing, the unluckier I get on all the other commitments I haven’t had time for'. <br class="br"> Lean Logic, (2016), p. 472, entry on Time Fallacies http://www.flemingpolicycentre.org.uk/lean-logic-surviving-the-future/
David Fleming (1940–2010) British activist
Lean Logic, (2016), p. 472, entry on Time Fallacies http://www.flemingpolicycentre.org.uk/lean-logic-surviving-the-future/
Saul Bass (1920–1996) American graphic designer and filmmaker
"Art Directors Club biography & images of work" http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/1977/?id=275. adcglobal.org. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
“I have only one regret … that I have not worked harder.”
Henry Royce (1863–1933) English engineer, car designer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce
Deathbed assertion, as quoted in Outlook Business, Vol. 3, No. 4 (23 February 2008)
“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Has been attributed to Stephen Leacock's "Literary Lapses" (1910), but the quote does not appear in the Project Gutenberg edition http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6340/6340.txt of this work. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. <br class="br">Variant: I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) News correspondent
[John Sears, RTNDA Communicator, RTNDA; The Association; Radio Television Digital News Association; Volume 54, August 2000, Interview with Ed Bradley]
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it”
Stephen Leacock (1869–1944) writer and economist
“I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
