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

  Cormac McCarthy

  Good Luck, Bad Luck, Fortune And Luck

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

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Tattoo

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• Shallow men believe in luck.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Believe, Men, Gambling

  Conduct of Life Worship (pp. 191-2)

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• Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving

  Steve Winwood

  Moving, Moved On, Knows

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• Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

  Lucille Ball

  Good Luck, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• Be grateful for luck.

  Eubie Blake

  Grateful, Be Grateful

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• Luck marches with those who give their very best.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Giving, Best Husband, March

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• In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Positive, Being Strong

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• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• Luck? Good luck? GM, the last time I checked, luck is for losers.

  CM Punk

  Good Luck, Lasts, Loser

  Before a match at Extreme Championship Wrestling, September 04, 2007.

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• The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Sarcastic, Money, Business

  Ambrose Bierce (2015). “A Cynic Looks at Life”, p.43, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'

  Orlando Bloom

  Good Luck, Lucky, Way

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• I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Success, Business, Good Luck

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• I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

  Judy Collins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thinking

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• Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.

  Kevin Eubanks

  Moving, Inspiration, Hard Work

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• A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

  Eric Hoffer

  Time, Good Luck, Greatness

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.

  Christopher Isherwood

  Funny, Life, Witty

  Christopher Isherwood (1987). “The Wishing Tree: Christopher Isherwood on Mystical Religion”, Vedanta Press

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  Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

  Garrison Keillor

  Strength, Success, Encouraging

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

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• If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

  John Irving

  Life, Courage, Love You

  John Irving (2012). “The World According To Garp”, p.605, Random House

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• Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.

  Douglas William Jerrold

  Running, People, Optimism

  Douglas William Jerrold (1859). “The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold: Collected and Arranged by His Son Blanchard Jerrold ...”, p.14

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• Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.

  Samuel Smiles

  Lying, Wish, Bed

  Samuel Smiles (1800). “Thrift”, p.176

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• When it comes to luck, you make your own.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Song: Lucky Town, Album: Lucky Town, 1992

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• I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

  Denzel Washington

  Motivational, Success, Opportunity

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• Luck never made a man wise.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Motivational, Success, Business

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