Fortune And Luck Quotes

• Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.

  George S. Clason

  Luck, Peculiar, Habit

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• Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.

  Euripides

  Gambling, Luck, Genius

  Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles (1960). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

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• Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

  George S. Clason

  Good Luck, Men, Action

  George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.52, Lulu.com

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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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• People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

  Frank Sinatra

  People, Luck, Important

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• Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Funny, Wise, Humor

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 8, 1595.

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• Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

  Larry King

  Success, Wisdom, Fake People

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• I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!

  George Kennedy

  Luck, Arguing, Brilliant

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

  Ovid

  Good Luck, Lucky Day, Hook

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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 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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• Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Life, Success, Mother

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

  Orson Welles

  Good Luck, Gambling, People

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

  Mel Allen

  Photography, Perseverance, Good Luck

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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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