Fortune And Luck Quotes

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  I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Apr 09, 2014

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Tattoo

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• A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

  Thomas Fuller

  Wise, Business, Men

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• We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

  Jean Cocteau

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Remark after his election to Académie Française, 1955.

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• Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Men, Gambling

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  You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Good Luck, Bad Luck, Saved

  Cormac McCarthy (2007). “No Country for Old Men”, p.267, Vintage

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  Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

  Conduct of Life Worship (pp. 191-2)

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• Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.

  Emily Dickinson

  Good Luck, Gambling, Toil

  Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.1630, Delphi Classics

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• I was in the right place at the right time.

  Mel Allen

  Photography, Perseverance, Good Luck

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• Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Life, Success, Mother

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• Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life.

  Mark Twain

  Opportunity, Men, Gambling

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• Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast.

  Ovid

  Good Luck, Lucky Day, Hook

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• Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

  Orson Welles

  Good Luck, Gambling, People

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• I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.

  John Engler

  Positive, Work, Inspirational Life

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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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• The harder I work, the luckier I get.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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• I happened to be in the right place at the right time.

  Calvin Harris

  Good Luck, Ohio, Mcdonalds

  "Calvin Harris Out-Earns Jay Z, Toby Keith As World’s Highest Paid DJ" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2014.

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• Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

  Ray Kroc

  Inspirational, Basketball, Business

  1988 Quoted by Penny Moser 'The McDonald's Mystique', in Fortune, 4 Jul.

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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• The harder I work, the luckier I become.

  Terry Pratchett

  Positive, Work, Inspirational Life

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  Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, Education

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 04, 2016

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• Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

  William Shakespeare

  Business, Good Luck, Best Of Luck

  William Shakespeare (2011). “Cymbeline”, p.107, Palgrave Macmillan

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• Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Character, Kwanzaa, Architect

  Ludwig Von Mises (1969). “Bureaucracy”, ICON Group International

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• He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Destiny

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.31, Courier Corporation

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