Luck Quotes - Page 5

• There is only one way in which you can "change your luck" and that is by altering your thoughts.

  Eric Butterworth

  Way, One Way

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• A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

  James A. Garfield

  Inspirational, Humor, Good Luck

  "President Garfield and Education: Hiram College Memorial". Book by Burke Aaron Hinsdale, 1882.

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• Everything in life is luck.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Life, Good Luck

  Twitter post from

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• All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.

  Robert Collier

  Perseverance, Business, Good Luck

  Robert Collier (2012). “The Secret of the Ages”, p.220, Courier Corporation

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• Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Fitness, Motivation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Good luck lies in odd numbers.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Good Luck, Numbers

  'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (1597) act 5, sc. 1, l. 2

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• What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

  Robertson Davies

  Business, Men, Action

  Robertson Davies (1992). “The Cornish Trilogy”, Penguin Group USA

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• The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

  Bret Harte

  Leadership, Sports, Money

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• Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.

  John Dewey

  Money, Stupid, Good Luck

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Murray G. Murphey (2008). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1922”, p.210, SIU Press

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• True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

  John Hay

  Money, Home, Gambling

  Distichs no. 15 (1890)

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• Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have.

  Garrison Keillor

  Giving Up, Lying, Good Luck

  "Lake Wobegon Days". Book by Garrison Keillor, 1985.

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• Wisdom is the winner over good luck.

  Juvenal

  Good Luck, Winner

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• Art depends on luck and talent.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Art, Talent, Film Directors

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• Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck.

  Richard Bach

  Destiny, Chance, Jonathan Seagull

  "Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America". Book by Richard Bach, 1969.

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• You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

  Bruce Lee

  Opportunity, Advantage

  Bruce Lee, John R. Little (2000). “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.125, Tuttle Publishing

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• My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Humor, Night

  "The Good Luck Book". Book by Stefan Bechtel, Laurence Roy Stains (p. 371), 1997.

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• It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Good Luck, Agreement, People

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• It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

  Winston Churchill

  Heart, Good Luck, Race

  Speech at Westminster Hall, London, 30 Nov. 1954

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• Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Sticks, Talent, Ifs

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• It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Business, Good Luck, Skills

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• As good luck would have it.

  William Shakespeare

  Good Luck

  William Shakespeare (1857). “The Complete Works of Shakspeare, Revised from the Best Authorities : with a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius”, p.102

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• Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.

  John Milton

  Heart, Good Luck, Son

  John Milton (2004). “The Complete Poems”, p.145, Penguin UK

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• Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Success, Jealousy, Good Luck

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “Collected Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.102, e-artnow

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• Diligence is the mother of good luck.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Mother, Business

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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• Luck is the residue of design.

  John Milton

  Life, Witty, War

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